Thomas Lindh [SEP] date of death
Thomas Lindh
Thomas Lindh (1952–2013) was a well-known figure in Swedish economics, not least thanks to its combination of academic research and active citizenship.
Thomas received his doctorate in economics in 1991 at Uppsala University, where he remained as a researcher before the beginning of the 2000s, becoming research director at the Institute for Future Studies. The last few years, Lindh was also a professor at Linnaeus University.
Contributions.
As a scientist, Lindh left several important scientific contributions. His most famous study
Lindh v. Murphy
Lindh v. Murphy, 521 U.S. 320 (1997), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996's amendments to Title 28, Section 2254 of the United States Code applies to cases filed after the Act's effective date. The amendments "do not apply to pending noncapital cases such as Lindh's."
In his dissent, Chief Justice William Rehnquist argues that "in light of the whole of our retroactivity jurisprudence," pending