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AEDPA regs are out

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

The AEDPA egulations are out.  The regs appear to be effective as of January 10, 2008.  The regs, to be blunt, border on silly, including a proviso that once a state is “certified” a state could not have its certification removed unless a state asks to be removed (even if purposefully abandons compliance with the regs the day after it is certified). via Criminal Appeal: The U.S. Attorney General has promulgated regulations governing opt-in procedures for states seeking fast-track consideration of capital federal habeas cases under AEDPA.  As reported by the CJLF, the determinations of whether states qualified for fast track proceedings used to be made by the courts, but the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 gave the rule-making and certification-of-states authority to the U...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on December 10, 2008 (boomark / email).