Department of Justice December 11, 2008 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection, Comments Requested
Document Number: E8-29364
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-12-11
Agency: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice
Office of the Attorney General; Certification Process for State Capital Counsel Systems
Document Number: E8-29328
Type: Rule
Date: 2008-12-11
Agency: Department of Justice
The USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 instructs the Attorney General to promulgate regulations to implement certification procedures for states seeking to qualify for the expedited federal habeas corpus review procedures in capital cases under chapter 154 of title 28, United States Code. The procedural benefits of chapter 154 are available to states that establish a mechanism for providing counsel to indigent capital defendants in state postconviction proceedings that satisfies certain statutory requirements. This rule carries out the Act's requirement of issuing regulations for the certification procedure.
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