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Supreme Court Chides Ninth Circuit on Delays in Harris Execution
Loaded on July 15, 1992
published in Prison Legal News
July, 1992, page 5
California's execution of Robert Alton Harris - the state's first execution in 25 years - has highlighted tension between the U.S. Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals over the death penalty appeals process. Judges on the Ninth Circuit issued four last-minute stays of execution for Harris, …
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