MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
YOUNG, Chief Judge.
Gilbert Dias ("Dias") was convicted of second-degree murder in 1975 and was sentenced to life in prison. He now petitions this Court, pro se, for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, claiming that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is holding him in violation of the Constitution and laws of the United States.
I. BACKGROUND
Over the past twenty-five years, numerous state...
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