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Originally posted by hoosier
I'd like to see something similar for death penalty cases - appeals are allowed, but they'll be resolved quickly.
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A pretty good thought, except it probably wouldn't work since with very few exceptions, death penalty cases are under state law instead of federal. Statutes vary greatly from state to state, so each state (that has a death penalty) would probably have to have such a court. The cost might be prohibitive -- and I wonder if any time would really be saved.
I doubt that any "special" court could be given such power that its verdicts couldn't be appealed to state or US Supreme Courts.