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"Death penalty appeal limitation measure advances," is Pamela Manson's report in the Salt Lake Tribune. A Senate committee on Tuesday narrowly approved a proposed constitutional amendment the streamline criminal appeals -- particularly in death penalty cases. SJR14 would allow the Legislature, rather than the courts, to limit the claims that could be considered in post-conviction relief petitions. The Senate Judiciary and Law Enforcement Committee passed the proposal on a 4-3 vote and sent it to the full Senate for consideration. Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff said the amendment would allow innocent inmates to challenge their convictions while giving finality to victims. But Daniel Medwed, a law professor at the University of Utah, argued the amendment is overbroad and violates the separation of powers...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 11, 2009 (boomark / email).