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Injection Certiorari Petitions

Attorneys for Missouri murderer Michael Taylor have filed a certiorari petition in Taylor v. Crawford, No. 07-303, seeking review of the Eighth Circuit decision rejecting his challenge to lethal injection on the merits.

Late last month, attorneys for Ohio murderer Richard Cooey filed a petition in Cooey v. Strickland, No. 07-6234, seeking review of a Sixth Circuit decision denying his claim on statute of limitations grounds. Denial of rehearing en banc with dissents is here.

Posted by Kent Scheidegger on September 11, 2007 05:22 PM |

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