3 Men on Death Row in Louisiana Sue Over Solitary Confinement
State law requires that inmates sentenced to die be kept in cells by themselves, which means 23 hours a day of isolation, which the plaintiffs call “cruel and unusual.” [Source]
Publication Date:Origin: nytimes.com
Category: Capital Punishment
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