Federal Habeas Corpus

The Abolition Series

Federal Habeas Corpus

Procedural Basics

by Gregory W. Gardner

A working guide to the last legal instrument standing between many condemned people and the execution chamber. Gardner walks readers through the procedural architecture of federal habeas review with the clarity of a practitioner and the weight of what is at stake.

Proceeds from this book fund the Execution Intervention Project — legal work, clemency campaigns, and direct support for people on death row.