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Habeas writs by the numbers

Discussing post-conviction habeas corpus writs, a topic about which I've been learning much more this session, Doc Berman says he'd like to see more state-level numbercrunching:US District Judge Lynn Adelman's new article titled "The Great Writ Diminished" aspires to "stimulate a discussion about the current state of habeas corpus. Wonderfully, the article has already started such a discussion in these blog comments, and I want to keep the momentum going in this post. Specifically, I would like to see a lot more number crunching concerning habeas appeals of state convictions in federal courts. Judge Adelman builds off the ground-breaking 2007 Vanderbilt study which, as discussed here, found that of 2384 non-capital filings examined, petitioners received relief a rate of 1 in every 341 cases filed, whereas of the 267 capital cases examined, about 1 in 8 petitioners received relief...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on May 17, 2009 (boomark / email).