U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court Says ABA Counsel Guidelines Can’t Help Ohio Death Row Inmate

By Debra Cassens Weiss

Nov 9, 2009, 11:23 am CST

In a summary disposition, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled a federal appeals court should not have judged a murder defendant’s representation based on ABA standards enacted 18 years after his trial.

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