Dennis Emerson v. Anthony Ramos

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit No. 07-3160 D ENNIS E MERSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. F RANK S HAW, Warden, Respondent-Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. No. 06 C 452—Marvin E. Aspen, Judge. A RGUED S EPTEMBER 18, 2008—D ECIDED JULY 30, 2009 Before E ASTERBROOK , Chief Judge, and SYKES and T INDER, Circuit Judges. S YKES, Circuit Judge. Dennis Emerson is serving a term of life imprisonment after a former Illinois governor commuted his death sentence, which stems from a murder he…