Shannon Edward Stevenson v. The State of Wyoming

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• holding that asserting a mere protected interest in a process itself is not a cognizable claim
• holding that death penalty inmate’s due process rights were not violated in clemency proceedings with majority of justices in their opinions basing due process analysis on life interest under 14th Amendment
• holding that there is no right to silence at a clemency interview
• holding that there is no right to silence at a clemency interview
• recognizing that the Supreme Court had \generally rejected attempts to expand\ distinctions accorded capital inmates including a constitutional right to counsel in postconviction proceedings
• concluding that there was no compulsion where a death row inmate had to choose between incriminating himself at a clemency interview and having adverse inferences drawn from his silence

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