WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Office of the Attorney General has issued a proposed rule called: Certification Process for State Capital Counsel Systems.
The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on March 16 by Pamela Bondi, Attorney General.
Summary: Chapter 154 of title 28, United States Code, provides special procedures for federal habeas corpus review of cases brought by prisoners in state custody who are under a sentence of death. The special procedures are available to States that the Attorney General has certified as having established mechanisms for the appointment, compensation, and payment of reasonable litigation expenses of competent counsel in state postconviction proceedings brought by indigent prisoners, and as provi...