Antiterrorism Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA)

28 U.S.C. §2254(d)·1996

What the Court Decided

AEDPA restricts federal habeas corpus relief by requiring that state court decisions be reviewed for only clear and unreasonable departures from established Supreme Court precedent, narrowing the scope of federal review.

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Cited In

Pitchford v. Cain

2025 Term · 24-7351

The statute governing federal habeas review of state convictions, which limits relief to cases where the state court decided the question contrary to or unreasonably applied clearly established federal law; this is the precise lens through which the Supreme Court has agreed to review the Mississippi court's decision.