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U.S. Supreme Court Reverses Reed
Loaded on Sept. 15, 1998
published in Prison Legal News
September, 1998, page 2
In the July, 1998, issue of PLN we reported Reed v. State Ex Rel Ortiz , 947 P.2d 86 (NM 1997) where the New Mexico state supreme court affirmed a lower court ruling that granted asylum to former prison activist Timothy "Little Rock" Reed. Reed was an Ohio parolee who …
Filed under:
Political Prisoners,
Retaliation for Media Contact,
Sentencing,
Parole,
Habeas Corpus,
Detainers.
Location:
New Mexico.
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