Herrera v. Collins

5-4

Prologue Projects

News Commentary, News, Government

4.6 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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The hosts take on a 1993 death penalty case that has been called one of the worst decisions in capital punishment jurisprudence. Herrera v. Collins asks whether someone on death row can have new evidence of their innocence reviewed in federal habeas corpus proceedings, often the last resort for someone who has exhausted their appeals. In a 6-to-3 vote, the Court rejected the claim, barely shying away from holding that the Constitution does not protect against an innocent person being executed.

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0:00.0	We'll hear our next item number 91-7328.
0:06.0	Leon L. Torres, Herrera, versus James A. Collins.
0:11.0	Hey everyone, this is Leon from Fiasco and Prologue Projects.
0:17.0	On today's episode of 5-4, Peter, Riannon, and Michael are talking about Herrera V. Collins,
0:22.0	a death penalty case from 1993.
0:25.0	In a 6-3 vote, the court held that having new evidence of innocence does not entitle someone
0:31.0	sentenced to death to habeas corpus proceedings, the last resort for capital punishment cases.
0:36.0	This is 5-4, podcast about how much Supreme Court sucks.
0:41.0	Welcome to 5-4, where we dissect and analyze the Supreme Court cases that have killed off our civil liberties
0:56.0	in the service of a misguided intellectual experiment, like Edison killed Topsy the Elephant.
1:02.0	Are you guys familiar with the Topsy story?
1:06.0	I am, from Bob's Burgers.
1:08.0	That's right.
1:11.0	The electrocute and elephant.
1:13.0	Edison wanted to prove that electricity was like powerful, and so he just killed an elephant with it.
1:18.0	God damn.
1:20.0	Yeah, American hero.
1:22.0	Thanks for the light bulbs, dude.
1:24.0	I am Peter.
1:25.0	I'm here with Michael.
1:27.0	Hey everybody.
1:28.0	And Riannon.
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