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Seventh Circuit Split on Self-Defense in Prison
Loaded on Dec. 15, 1998
published in Prison Legal News
December, 1998, page 21
The court of appeals for the Seventh circuit held that a federal prisoner criminally charged with assault could not assert a defense of self defense when he had the time and opportunity to seek protection from guards.
Filed under:
Crime/Demographics,
Criminal Prosecution,
Failure to Protect (General),
U.S. Sentencing Guidelines.
Location:
Wisconsin.
Charles Haynes was a prisoner at the federal prison in Oxford, Wisconsin. While ...
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