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...reviewable in habeas corpus proceedings. A Texas case pending before the Supreme Court, Herrera v. Collins, seeks to establish a constitutional connection: that carrying out executions in the face of unexamined new evidence is cruel and unusual punishment, in violation of the Eighth Amendment. It is a longshot gamble that the decision will go in Herrera's favor; it is an even longer shot that the decision will come down in time for Coleman to use that argument...
...many students said they voted for someone else because Brown was such a longshot...
...11th-ranked Harvard, which fell out of favor with the pollsters after dropping two games last weekend, is only a longshot to secure one of the 12 NCAA bids, which will be announced in two weeks...
...door down, however, a bookstore called for a different Republican longshot to be elected...
Despite the longshot odds of being able to organize a grass roots campaign overnight, Ganz says, "I decided to give it a shot...