Inmate granted unique hearing
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Texas death row inmate Gary Graham has won the right to have the state Board of Pardons and Paroles review new evidence regarding his innocence. Travis County District Judge Pete Lowry held that Texas' due-course-of-law provision afforded more protection than federal due process guarantees and this meant Graham should have a right to present his evidence. The US Supreme Court heard a similar case in Herrera v. Collins and decided the proper forum for Herrera's claims was state clemency proceedings rather than federal habeas corpus hearings.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1993
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Foe of punitives tries to nudge the Court: Andrew Frey carefully builds a body of law as he aims for the prize - a win from the justices
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Former deputy solicitor general Andrew Frey specializes in arguments before the US Supreme Court, striving both to win each case and to influence the court in developing the law. Currently his interest focuses on punitive damages, a problem he says the Court is aware of but that it does not know how to handle. Others credit Frey with shaping a pro-law enforcement reading of the double jeopardy clause, and say his work in laying a foundation for a due-process challenge to excessive punitive damages is equally amazing.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1995
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Death resource centers reborn as private groups; defunded by Congress, some try to continue work with assistance of donors
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Post-Conviction Defender Orgs in some states hope to survive the cutoff of federal funds by cutting back and seeking private donors. Congress voted in 1995 to defund the PCDOs because of a perception they were being used to delay and obstruct the judicial process, though the centers' proponents deny that claim. The states of AR, AZ, FL, MS, NV, and TN, are losing their centers, while those in AL, CA, GA, IL, KY, LA, MO, NC, OH, OK, SC, and VA plan to remain open, in some cases with limited state funds.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1996
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