Post-Conviction Actual Innocence Claims

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Credits 2. 2 Lecture Hours. Practical applications of the law in petitioning the judiciary for relief based on facts garnered through an initial post-conviction investigation; understanding a post-conviction claim of actual innocence; how the U.S. Supreme Court and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals have analyzed and dealt with such claims in both death penalty and nondeath cases. Prerequisite: One year of law school in the full-time or part-time program.