Sentences with phrase «successful habeas»

While, in theory, habeas corpus petitions can be brought in any situation where someone is currently incarcerated and the conviction is believed to be wrongful, in practice, almost all successful habeas corpus petitions collaterally attack death penalty sentences, life in prison sentences, and term of years sentences for crimes that are so long that they are functionally life sentences.

Mr. Voisey's claim met more of the criteria required for a successful habeas corpus application than did Mr. Rain's.

Not exact matches

In addition, BDS has a highly successful in - house federal court practice, and has litigated dozens of habeas corpus petitions challenging the wrongful detention of immigrants, including the Second Circuit's landmark decision in Lora v. Shanahan.

But, about a third to a half of collateral attacks of death penalty sentences with habeas corpus petitions are successful in U.S. courts.