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Live From Death Row
Loaded on Sept. 15, 1995
by David Gilbert
published in Prison Legal News
September, 1995, page 8
by Mumia Abu-Jamal
Filed under:
Political Prisoners,
Reviews,
Death Penalty/Death Row,
Death Penalty.
Location:
Pennsylvania.
(Review by David Gilbert)
"Perhaps we can shrug off and shred some of the dangerous myths laid on our minds like a second skin--such as ... the 'right[s]' to a fair trial even. They're not rights -- they're privileges of the powerful and rich .... Don't expect ...
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More from this issue:
- Civil Forfeiture and Criminal Prosecution as Double Jeopardy, by Jeffrey Steinborn
- Supreme Court Rejects Govt Inter-Locutory Appeals in Civil Rights Suits
- Editorial, by Dan Pens
- New Prisoners' Self Help Litigation Manual, by Paul Wright
- Live From Death Row, by David Gilbert
- How to Win Prison Disciplinary Hearings, by Paul Wright
- Chain Gangs Challenged in Court
- Some Evidence Must Support Guilty Finding
- Injunction Saves CA Family Visits, by Gail Harrington Wisely
- CA Prisoners Assault Prison Office, by Dan Pens
- Economic Reality Applied to FLSA Claims
- IL Change in Good Time Statute Unlawful
- No Immunity for Visitor Searches
- NY Prisoners Awarded Damages in Beatings
- Guard Gets 10 Years for Beating Prisoner to Death
- INS Detainees Trash Private Prison
- Spitting by HIV+ Prisoner Results in Attempted Murder Conviction, by Paul Wright
- Detainee Entitled to Medical Care
- WA DOC Computerizes Visitor Tracking
- Court Formulates New "Use of Force" Standard
- Law on Retaliation Well Established in 9th Cir.
- Medical Care Ordered
- Attorney Fees Awarded in MCC Suit
- Diabetic Sues for Meals
- Trial Required on Clothing Claim
- Ohio Prison Activist Conference
- BOP Prisoners Must Exhaust Administrative Remedies
- News in Brief
More from David Gilbert:
- Live From Death Row, Sept. 15, 1995
- Alert: Danger in Using Bleach to Clean Needles, May 15, 1995
- TB Alert, Aug. 15, 1994
- The Global Prison (Book Review), Aug. 15, 1994
- Thinking About Women, Dec. 15, 1990
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