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Jackson v. Dretke, No. 05-70031 (5th Cir.) (450 F.3d 614) (May 30, 2006) (Judge Jerry E. Smith)

Loaded on April 1, 2006 published in Punch and Jurists April 24, 2006
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Texas, apparently, does not agree with the time-honored proposition that a condemned man has the right to speak his last words. In this case, a divided panel from the Fifth Circuit agreed that it was not “objectively unreasonable” for the Texas courts to deny James Jackson the right to present …

 

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