Supreme Court has ruled in two Arizona death penalty cases that 1990s amendments to the federal habeas corpus law permit state prisoners who were provided…
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The Supreme Court said Monday that state prisoners may not present new evidence in federal court in support of a claim that their post-conviction counsel in state court was ineffective in violation of the Constitution.
The two inmates could not present new evidence of ineffective counsel they said they received in state trials during their federal appeals, the high court ruled. Dissenting justices called the ruling perverse and illogical.