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Court Rule Does Not Comply With Federal Antiterrorism Act

Missouri Supreme Court Rule 29.16, which provides for the appointment of counsel in post-conviction efforts to set aside death sentences, does not comply fully with the federal Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 because the state rule fails to offer counsel to all prisoners who have been sentenced to death, the 8th U.S. ...

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