If you enjoy long split capital habeas circuit rulings…

you should be sure to check out today’s work by the Sixth Circuit in Cone v. Bell, No. 99-5279 (6th Cir. June 19, 2007) (available here), and yesterday’s work by the Seventh Circuit in Stevens v. McBride, No. 05-1442 (7th Cir. June 18, 2007) (available here).

As I have said before, when I read these long capital habeas opinions, I cannot help but wish that federal circuit judges would regularly give as much attention to federal drug offenders directly appealing their long imprisonment sentences as they give to state murderers appealing their death sentences.