“Is Innocence Irrelevant? Collateral Attack on Criminal Judgments”
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“Is Innocence Irrelevant? Collateral Attack on Criminal Judgments” is a highly influential legal essay by Judge Henry J. Friendly examining the role of actual innocence in federal habeas corpus review of state criminal convictions.
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| “Is Innocence Irrelevant? Collateral Attack on Criminal Judgments” canonical | 1 |
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gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “Is Innocence Irrelevant? Collateral Attack on Criminal Judgments” Context triple: [Henry J. Friendly, notableWork, “Is Innocence Irrelevant? Collateral Attack on Criminal Judgments”]
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: “Is Innocence Irrelevant? Collateral Attack on Criminal Judgments” Target entity description: “Is Innocence Irrelevant? Collateral Attack on Criminal Judgments” is a highly influential legal essay by Judge Henry J. Friendly examining the role of actual innocence in federal habeas corpus review of state criminal convictions.
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A.
Regulations of the International Criminal Court
The Regulations of the International Criminal Court are a set of internal rules adopted by the Court’s judges that detail and operationalize how the ICC is administered and how its procedures are implemented in practice.
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B.
Frontiers of Justice
Frontiers of Justice is a philosophical work by Martha Nussbaum that extends theories of justice to address the rights and moral standing of people with disabilities, non-human animals, and citizens of other nations.
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C.
The Nature of the Judicial Process
The Nature of the Judicial Process is a classic 1921 legal treatise in which Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo analyzes how judges actually decide cases, exploring the interplay of precedent, logic, and social policy in judicial decision-making.
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D.
The Paradoxes of Legal Science
The Paradoxes of Legal Science is a 1928 jurisprudential treatise by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo that explores the philosophical tensions and logical contradictions within legal reasoning and doctrine.
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E.
Saving Justice: Truth, Transparency, and Trust
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- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
law review article
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legal essay ⓘ |
| addresses |
importance of innocence claims in collateral proceedings
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scope of federal review of state criminal judgments ⓘ standards for granting habeas relief ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
clarify the proper function of federal habeas corpus
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reassess the significance of innocence in collateral review ⓘ |
| author |
Henry J. Friendly
NERFINISHED
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Judge Henry J. Friendly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| critiques | expansion of federal habeas corpus ⓘ |
| describes | tension between finality of judgments and accuracy of convictions ⓘ |
| discusses |
balance between individual rights and systemic finality
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procedural default rules in habeas corpus ⓘ standards of review for constitutional error ⓘ |
| examines |
federalism concerns in federal review of state convictions
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proper limits of collateral attack on criminal convictions ⓘ whether proof of actual innocence should affect availability of habeas relief ⓘ |
| field |
constitutional law
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criminal procedure ⓘ federal courts ⓘ habeas corpus law ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
relationship between procedural error and actual innocence
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role of innocence in habeas corpus ⓘ standards for collateral review of criminal convictions ⓘ |
| genre | scholarly article ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
foundational work on innocence and habeas
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highly influential in habeas corpus scholarship ⓘ widely cited in federal courts jurisprudence ⓘ |
| influenced |
doctrine of actual innocence gateway in federal habeas corpus
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judicial thinking on collateral attacks on state convictions ⓘ scholarly debate on limits of habeas review ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
actual innocence
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collateral attack on criminal judgments ⓘ federal habeas corpus ⓘ post-conviction review ⓘ state criminal convictions ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence on later Supreme Court habeas decisions
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systematic analysis of innocence in post-conviction review ⓘ |
| proposes | a more limited role for habeas focused on innocence ⓘ |
| title | Is Innocence Irrelevant? Collateral Attack on Criminal Judgments NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn |
case law discussing actual innocence exceptions
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legal scholarship on wrongful convictions ⓘ teaching materials for federal courts and habeas corpus courses ⓘ |
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“Is Innocence Irrelevant? Collateral Attack on Criminal Judgments”
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