SC Attorney General Joins Push to Speed up Death Row Appeals Process • SC Daily Gazette

SC attorney general joins push to speed up death row appeals process • SC Daily Gazette

The state attorney general is supporting a proposal that would allow states to speed up the process of federal death row appeals. (Courtesy of the S.C. Department of Corrections)COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s attorney general is supporting a federal proposal that would speed up the appeals process for death row inmates. The proposed rule change would make it easier for states to get federal permission to set timelines for when prisoners in capital …

SC attorney general joins push to speed up death row appeals process

COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s attorney general is supporting a federal proposal that would speed up the appeals process for death row inmates.

Alabama Attorney General Supports Federal Rule Change Aimed at Speeding Review of Death Penalty Cases

Montgomery, AL – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has joined a coalition of 16 states in supporting a proposed rule by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that seeks to streamline the federal review process for state capital murder convictions. The coalition submitted a letter backing DOJ’s proposed changes to regulations associated with the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA). According to the DOJ, inmates sent…