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Exposure to Secondary Smoke Found Unlawful
Loaded on May 15, 1991
published in Prison Legal News
May, 1991, page 8
Exposure To Secondary Smoke Found UnlawfulThe federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that exposing prisoners to ETS (Environmental Tobacco Smoke) violates the 8th amendments right for prisoners to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. The Court has decided that under societies "evolving standards" of decency (evidenced …
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- Editorial, by Ed Mead
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