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Discipline for Correspondence Containing Legal Advice Vacated; US S.Ct. Grants Review

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that punishment imposed upon a prisoner law clerk for sending a letter containing legal advice to another prisoner was an exaggerated response, which violated the law clerk's First Amendment rights.

While confined in the Montana State Prison, Kevin Murphy has worked as a ...

 

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