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Missouri Escape Rule Bars Post-Conviction and Habeas Corpus Filing

Missouri state prisoner Alan Echols appealed his federal habeas corpus denial after being denied state post-conviction relief based on Missouri's escape rule, which bars the review of post-conviction claims from prisoners who escape from incarceration. The denial was upheld by the Eighth Circuit.

Echols was convicted of stabbing a man ...

 

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