Justice Kennedy, dissenting. For the reasons Justice Stevens sets forth, the respondent should be entitled to immediate relief, and I join his dissenting opinion. The case also merits this further comment concerning the larger obligation of state or federal officials when they know an individual has been sentenced for a crime he did not commit. In 1997, Michael Haley was sentenced to serve 16…
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