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AG Promulgates AEDPA Opt-In Regs

By Jonathan Soglin

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.S. AG. The states can now begin to ask the AG for certification. Of course, there will be a new AG hearing those applications for certification.

Full post as published by Criminal Appeal on December 10, 2008 (boomark / email).