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Ohio Death Row Prisoners Sue Over Last Words
Loaded on Sept. 15, 2001
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2001, page 28
An Ohio federal district court refused to dismiss a challenge to an Ohio policy prohibiting condemned prisoners from giving last statements. The Court also discussed the PLRA's administrative exhaustion requirements and mootness concerns.
Filed under:
Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA),
Civil Procedure,
Standing,
Mootness,
Death Row,
Access to Media,
Censorship.
Location:
Ohio.
Ohio Death Row prisoner Fred Treesh and another (unnamed) prisoner have challenged the State of Ohio's policy, ...
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