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Consent Decree Termination Provision Upheld
Loaded on Oct. 15, 1997
published in Prison Legal News
October, 1997, page 14
A federal district court in Indiana held that 18 U.S.C. § 3636(b)(2), which allows for the immediate termination of previously entered consent decrees, is constitutional. The court rejected arguments that § 3626(b)(2) violates prisoners' right to equal protection, impairs contracts and violates the separation of powers doctrine. This ruling comes …
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