OPINION AND ORDER
SELYA, District Judge.
This is an application for a writ of habeas corpus brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241 and 2254. The petitioner, Brian K. Burbine, is currently incarcerated at a state penitentiary. The defendant is the director of Rhode Island's department of corrections.
This proceeding had its origins in the brutal and senseless slaying of a young woman, Mary Jo Hickey, in Providence, Rhode Island, in March...
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