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The Statutory Scheme for Defending a Conviction or Sentence
People convicted in federal court can challenge their convictions or sentences through what's called a section 2255 motion. But the anti-terrorism and effective death penalty act limits their ability to file multiple 2255 motions. So that provision doesn't authorize filings where what you want to do is to rely on a new decision of statutory law, he says.