An Ohio Innocence Project defendant serving life in prison for a 1991 murder received a blow from the U.S. Supreme Court Sept. 13 (Cleveland v. Bradshaw, U.S., application denied 9/13/16).
Justice Elena Kagan’s decision to deny Alfred Cleveland’s certificate of appealability effectively bars the defendant from pursuing his claims in federal court, Jennifer Bergeron, staff attorney at the Ohio Innocence Project representing Cleveland, told Bloomberg BNA.
Bergeron said the decision was “highly disappointing,” especially considering the conclusion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit that no juror could find the defendant guilty based on the ...
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