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Prison Rape Opponents Sue to Protect Award-Winning Web Site from Internet Censors
Loaded on May 15, 1996
published in Prison Legal News
May, 1996, page 13
Stop Prisoner Rape, Inc., a nationally organized group dedicated to fighting against the rape of incarcerated persons of all genders and ages, joined the American Civil Liberties Union and 19 other plaintiffs today (Feb. 7, 1996) in asking the courts to declare censorship of "indecent language" on the Internet unconstitutional.
Filed under:
Sexual Assault,
Prisoner-Prisoner Assault,
Computers,
Censorship.
Location:
United States of America.
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