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Death Row Prisoners Keep Right to Contact Visits with Counsel
Loaded on Oct. 15, 1995
published in Prison Legal News
October, 1995, page 15
The court of appeals for the tenth circuit has held that condemned and maximum security prisoners held in an Oklahoma control unit are entitled to contact visits with their attorneys. The court also held that all violations of prisoners' constitutional rights require a full judicial review pursuant to Turner v. …
Filed under:
Retaliation for Litigating,
Attorney Fee Awards,
Attorney Client,
Death Row,
Mental Health,
Attorney Visits.
Location:
Oklahoma.
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