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Habeas Corpus Study
Loaded on Feb. 15, 1997
published in Prison Legal News
January, 1997, page 12
Review by Jon Marc Taylor
Filed under:
Crime/Demographics,
Statistics/Trends,
Habeas Corpus.
Location:
United States of America.
A recent discussion paper published by the Bureau of Justice Statistics reports the results of the National Center for State Courts analysis into the processing of federal habeas corpus petitions. The study encompassed 18 Federal district courts located in 9 selected states (Alabama, California, Indiana, ...
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