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By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

from the weekly email edition: Another week, and another week of no reported appellate wins from Lexis and a sole district court “win.”  A federal district court in McNeill v. Branker, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11568 (E.D.N.C. Feb. 14, 2009), holds “Petitioner has shown that the MAR court acted unreasonably and that he is entitled to habeas relief on his claim that he received ineffective assistance of counsel because his attorneys failed to properly investigate and present mitigating evidence.” In the news, the NAS reported [executive summary] faults with almost all aspects of forensic science: from the lack of standards and scientific scrutiny of ?accepted? techniques like bitemarks, fingerprint, blood splatter, hair, arson, fiber analysis, and bullet comparisons...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on February 22, 2009 (boomark / email).