Sawyer v. Whitley, No. 91-6382 (U.S. Supreme Court) (505 U.S. 333; 112 S.Ct. 2514) (June 22, 1992) (Justice Rehnquist)
In this case, the issue addressed by the Court was the proper the standard for determining whether a petitioner bringing a successive, abusive, or defaulted federal habeas claim has shown he is "actually innocent" of the death penalty to which he has been sentenced so that the court may reach ...
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