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Intriguing little Sixth Circuit ruling on clemency procedure

By Douglas A. Berman

Ralph Baze, the Kentucky death row prisoner whose name is attached to the leading Supreme Court ruling on modern execution methods, helped make a little more sentencing law today.  In Baze v. Parker, No. 10-5584 (6th Cir. Feb. 4, 2010) (available here), a Sixth Circuit panel today addressed Baze's effort to get federal court help with his clemency application.  Here is how the opinion in this case begins: Ralph Stevens Baze, Jr., a Kentucky inmate on death row, wishes to interview prison personnel to support his application for clemency.  After the Kentucky Department of Corrections (?KDOC?) denied Baze?s request for unfettered access to these personnel, Baze sought relief in district court with a motion to order KDOC to allow him to conduct his desired interviews...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on February 04, 2011 (boomark / email).