But the real problem is at the trial level.
Amazon challenged the amendment and lost at the trial level in January, 2009.
If a defendant is sentenced to death at the trial level, the case then goes into a direct review.
There are also signs of trial levels higher up the steep slope.
A trial level can be found in the little valley between Carlsleddam and the south ridge.
"It didn't affect her fair and just trial rights at the trial level."
Failure to complete the trial levels results in having to fight a boss.
The company has often said it might lose at the trial level only to be fully vindicated on appeal.
But it would require states to supply adequate defense counsel where it's most needed, at the trial level.
They lost at the trial level, and have subsequently appealed.