Constitutional Criminal Law. Experts discuss the Supreme Court’s elimination of the Watershed Exception for procedural rule changes in Edwards v. Vannoy, and the lack of need for specific findings in life without parole sentencing of juveniles in Jones v. Mississippi.  

This publication has been superseded by the seventh edition. 

This pocket guide provides a basic overview of the issues judges can expect to face when assigned a capital habeas case. It begins with appointment of counsel, budgeting concerns, and stays of execution.

Opinion, United States v. Benkahla, No. 1:06-cr-9 (E.D. Va. July 8, 2010), D.E. 182, 2010 WL 2721384.