Comment on FR Doc # N/A
The Federal Public Defender for the WDNC and its Capital Habeas Unit for the Fourth CircuitOpposeGovernment
Summary: The Federal Public Defender for the Western District of North Carolina, specifically its Capital Habeas Unit, opposes the certification of Mississippi’s state capital counsel mechanism. They argue that the certification would impose procedural barriers and shortened deadlines that would effectively make federal habeas corpus review unavailable for death-sentenced prisoners in Mississippi.
The Federal Public Defender for the Western District of North Carolina and its Capital Habeas Unit for the Fourth Circuit submit the attached comment opposing the certification of Mississippi's state capital counsel mechanism; we file on behalf ot our clients, Blayde Grayson and Leslie Galloway, prisoners incarcerated in Mississippi under state sentences of death.