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Minor Injury in Prison Abuse Actionable
Loaded on May 15, 1992
published in Prison Legal News
May, 1992, page 3
Minor Injury In Prison Abuse ActionableThe U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that use of excessive force against a prison inmate may constitute unconstitutionally cruel and unusual punishment, even if the prisoner does not suffer a serious injury. To rule otherwise, the court said, "would permit any physical punishment, no …
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