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"The Judge Gave Me Ten Years--He Didn't Sentence Me to Death"
Loaded on March 15, 2001
by Anne-Marie Cusac
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2001, page 22
"The Judge Gave Me Ten Years--He Didn't Sentence Me to Death"
Filed under:
Medical,
HIV/AIDS,
Medication,
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Medical Expenses.
Locations:
California,
Florida,
Georgia,
Mississippi,
South Carolina,
Washington.
Prisoners with HIV deprived of proper care
By Anne-Marie Cusac
In prisons and jails across the country, prisoners with HIV or AIDS are denied proper treatment. In many cases, guards and medical staff have blocked prisoners from getting their ...
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- Riot at CCA Prison Hospitalizes 15 Guards, by Gary Hunter
- FTCA, Bivens Claims in Beating Suit Proceed in Bifurcated Trial
- The Spirit of Freedom and Resistance, Long Kesh Prison Closed, by Julia Lutsky
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- BOP Organ Transplant Ban Questioned
- U.S. Isolates Political Prisoners, by Ronald Young
- Feds Continue Abuse of El-Hage
- WA DOC Sells Prisoner Information
- The Continuing Saga of Corruption in the New York State Parole System
- Texas Deputy Pays Price for Testifying
- Jail Term for DUI Turns into Death Sentence
- Texas Death Machine Faces Renewed Criticism
- Wildfires Highlight Cheapness of Prisoner Lives
- Ad Seg States Claim, But Loses on Merits
- Lorton Conditions Unconstitutional
- Colorado Prisoner Challenges 'Sex Offender' Label
- BOP Possession Offense Requires Specific Intent
- Permanent Injunction Granted for Kosher Diets
- SHU Should Be Compared to Conditions Experienced by All Prisoners
- Consent No Defense For Guard Accused of Raping Prisoner
- Court May Reduce Post-Judgement Attorney's Fees Rate and Billable Hours
- NJ Prisoners Entitled to Cross Examine Witnesses
- "The Judge Gave Me Ten Years--He Didn't Sentence Me to Death", by Anne-Marie Cusac
- Oregon Compelled Parole Statute Not Retroactive
- Improperly Installed Bunks State 8th Amendment Claim
- Second Circuit Holds That Gang Member Designation Regulation is Not Ex Post Facto
- PLRA Doesn't Apply to Civil Commitments
- News in Brief
- $1.18 Million in Santa Clara Co. Sexual Assault/Harassment Suit
- New York Prayer Rule Struck Down
- Federal Religious Freedom Law Passed
More from Anne-Marie Cusac:
- Former Pennsylvania DOC Director Hired to Run CDCR, April 15, 2013
- Shocked and Stunned: The Growing Use of Tasers, June 15, 2005
- Abu Ghraib, USA, July 15, 2004
- Ill Treatment on Our Shores, Aug. 15, 2002
- You're in the Hole: A Crackdown on Dissident Prisoners, Feb. 15, 2002
- "The Judge Gave Me Ten Years--He Didn't Sentence Me to Death", March 15, 2001
- The Restraint Chair: Safe and Humane?, Sept. 15, 2000
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