WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Office of the Attorney General has issued a notice called: Certification of Tennessee Capital Counsel Mechanism.
The notice was published in the Federal Register on July 10 by Todd Blanche, Acting Attorney General.
Summary: Federal law makes certain procedural benefits available to States in federal habeas corpus review of capital cases, where the Attorney General certifies that the State has established a postconviction capital counsel mechanism satisfying the requirements of chapter 154 of title 28 of the United States Code. The Attorney General certifies in this notice that Tennessee has such a mechanism, which was established on July 1, 1997.
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