Rulings in Texas Capital Cases Try Supreme Court's Patience
The New York Times has run a lengthy article on Texas's handlings of the Death Penatly. It's long, and it will be a good read for Sunday afternoon. Right now, I just want to make sure you know it's there:
The Supreme Court agrees to hear only about 80 cases each year. It seldom accepts cases to correct errors in the lower courts and concentrates instead on resolving conflicts among appeals courts and announcing broad legal principles. But in recent years the court has often found itself fixing problems in specific Texas death penalty cases. Over the last decade, it has ruled against prosecutors in all six appeals brought by inmates on death row in Texas.
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