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A second look at a death-row prisoner’s ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim

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Ross , involving a dormant commerce clause challenge to a California law prohibiting the sale of pork unless the pigs from which it was made (virtually all of which come from outside the state) were raised consistent with the state’s restrictive standards. That’s all for this week. Until next time, stay safe ! New Relist. Texas , 21-6001.

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‘Outrageous Outcomes’: Plea Bargaining and the Justice System

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We also have a much higher rate of plea bargain cases than the rest of the world: almost 20 percent higher than just about any other common law country. From about the 1600s, they had a gigantic Criminal Code where everything was a felony and every felony was punishable by death. DC: The law exists to protect capital.

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Animal rights and the First Amendment, due process and a confession of error

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The court ruled that the Supreme Court had not formally overruled earlier case law supporting the theory that registration supports general jurisdiction. The law defines an animal facility as any place that houses or breeds animals used for food production, agriculture, or research. By contrast, the petition in Mallory v.

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