">Court closes door on late efforts to avoid deportation 
Feb 17th, 2012 by Peter Vieth
The Supreme Court has reaffirmed its refusal to allow courts to use two ancient common law writs to undo criminal convictions likely to bring deportation for immigrant defendants.
Two Fairfax County circuit judges allowed the defendants to reopen their cases, finding in both cases the defense lawyers had failed to advise the defendants of the possible ...
