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> If you deny, capriciously, justice to wrongfully convicted humans, it is not just something you write about. The quote is from a concurrence on a certiorari
by rdancer 11y ago
> If you deny, capriciously, justice to wrongfully convicted humans, it is not just something you write about.
The quote is from a concurrence on a certiorari Herrera v. Collins[1], and Justice Scalia was indeed "just writing" about it. The certiorari was granted, so he didn't "deny justice".
Dang is right, I got it wrong, and my conclusions are hogwash—for which I apologize.
[1] https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-7328.ZC1.html https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-7328.ZC1.html