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Supreme Court Guts Due Process for Prisoners

Loaded on Aug. 15, 1995 published in Prison Legal News August, 1995, page 1
Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, Disciplinary Litigation, Liberty Interests, Sanctions (Disciplinary Hearings), Ad-Seg Hearings. Location: Hawaii.
On June 20, 1995, the supreme court issued its five to four ruling in Sandin v. Conner. The ruling appears to be the most devastating legal setback prisoners have suffered in the Supreme Court since Turner v. Safley was decided in 1987. In doing so the court abandoned, without specifically ...

 

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