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A capital punishment SCOTUS preview from DPIC

By Douglas A. Berman

As highlighted by this post at SCOTUSblog, 'tis the season for Supreme Court previews. Helpfully, the Death Penalty information Center provides this case preview of the current SCOTUS capital docket: To date, the Court has granted certiorari in three death penalty cases.  Bell v. Kelly will be argued on November 12, 2008. This case originated in Virginia and concerns the scope of federal review when the state court has failed to develop an issue.  Edward Bell claimed that his attorney failed to present important mitigating evidence at this sentence hearing, but this claim was not fully explored in state court. In Cone v. Bell, which will be argued on December 9, 2008, the Court will review a case from Tennessee that has been before it on two previous occasions...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on September 15, 2008 (boomark / email).