James P. Free, Jr. v. Howard Peters, III and Neil Hartigan

I note that in the appeal of Judge Aspen’s decision granting, Mr. Free’s petition for writ of habeas corpus, United States ex rel. Free v. Peters, 806 F.Supp. 705 (N.D.Ill.1992), the present panel of this court reversed Judge Aspen’s grant of the writ. Free v. Peters, 12 F.3d 700 (7th Cir.1993). I dissented from that panel opinion, expressing the view that the case should be remanded to the district court “to take further evidence involving a control group or such other matters as may now seem germane.” Free v. Peters, 12 F.3d at 709. I also expressed the view that habe-as relief was not…