McCleskey v. Zant, No. 89-7024 (U.S. Supreme Court) (499 U.S. 467; 111 S.Ct. 1454) (April 16, 1991) (Justice Kennedy)
In this case, the Supreme Court comprehensively addressed the problem of "abuse of writ" presented by sequential habeas filings and it established sweeping changes by reformulating the somewhat nebulous and discretionary "ends of justice" standard with the more concretely defined "cause and prejudice" standard that was borrowed from procedural law. ...
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