O V E R D U E      P R O C E S S

by Kent S. Scheidegger
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O V E R D U E P R O C E S S

 
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Cover & bio
Introduction
I. Defining the Question
II. The Great Writ: History and Histrionics
III. Purposes of Collateral Review
    A. Forcing courts to toe the mark
    B. Correcting fundamentally unjust incarcerations
    C. Giving every defendant a federal forum
      1. Elected judges
      2. The forty percent figure
    E. Illegitimate functions of habeas review
      1. Delay
      2. Expense
      3. "Heads I win; tails we take it over"
IV. Court-Created Limitations on Collateral Review
    A. Pre-Teague limitations
    B. Partially adopted proposals
    C. Teague and Butler
    D. McCleskey v. Zant
    E. The roads not taken
V. A Habeas Corpus Act for the Twenty-first Century
Appendix A 
Capital Habeas Corpus in 1993-94
A. Prior Studies of Habeas Grant Rates
B. Method of the Present Study
C. Results
D. Discussion
    1. Overall rate
    2. Guilt reversal rate
    3. Circuit differences
D. Conclusions
Table 2
Table 3
Appendix B (copy of a letter) not available on the web.