Douglas Wayne Thompson v. Missouri Board of Parole and United States Attorney, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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• holding that state’s decision to maintain parole system for defendants convicted prior to amendment was not irrational or invidiously discriminatory
• holding that exhaustion would be futile due to prosecution’s vindictive acts of withholding material evidence and unconstitutional jury selection in three trials.
• holding that exhaustion would be futile due to prosecution’s vindictive acts of withholding material evidence and unconstitutional jury selection in three trials.
• permitting denial on merits of habeas petition without requiring applicant to exhaust state court remedies
• giving liberal construction to pro se habeas petition to find the petitioner adequately pleaded claims for relief
• giving liberal construction to pro se habeas petition to find the petitioner adequately pleaded claims for relief

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