DeMelo v. Cobb

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• holding that AEDPA § 440(c) could not, by its language, apply to aliens who were convicted and released before the statute was enacted
• noting “seri- ous due process issues” involved when a long-term resident alien is barred from consideration for release on bond, and construing the statute to avoid the constitutional issues
• discussing the specific language in the AEDPA relating to restrictions upon release from custody, and concluding that any interpretation of the Act applying it to offenses committed before April 24, 1996, (and convictions obtained before that date

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