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A question for the Court, in a noteworthy case | SCOTUSblog
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Friday, July 31, 2009 10:57:12 PM GMT
A question for the Court, in a noteworthy case | SCOTUSblog

In a rare move, the Fifth Circuit Court on Thursday sent to the Supreme Court, with a plea for an answer, a legal question on the time allowed for federal prosecution of an old kidnapping case.  The answer, the Circuit Court said, could shut down federal prosecutions of perhaps two dozen old “cold cases” involving civil rights violations.

Because the Circuit Court, sitting en banc, had divided 9-9 on the issue, it could not itself give a definitive answer.  Thus, the full Circuit Court, by a 12-6 vote, ...

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