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California Habeas Handbook: A Practical Guide to Habeas Law for California Prisoners (Review)
Loaded on May 15, 1999
published in Prison Legal News
May, 1999, page 9
This 37 page booklet by attorney Kent Russell is designed for pro se California prisoners to understand the time limits and filing requirements of the federal Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AFDPA). Russell uses easy to understand language to concisely and accurately explain AEDPA and the exhaustion of state …
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