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U.S. Torture: A Sordid History Of Official And Systematic Abuse
Loaded on March 15, 2003
by G. Flint Taylor
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2004, page 1
Filed under:
Excessive Force,
Guard Brutality/Beatings.
Locations:
Iraq,
Arkansas,
Illinois,
Louisiana,
New York,
United States of America,
Vietnam.
by G . Flint Taylor
The brutal and sadistic torture by U.S. military prison guards, military intelligence officers, and CIA interrogators which is being revealed daily in the mainstream media has brought protestations from President Bush, Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld and others who, despite apparently approving many of these techniques, ...
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- U.S. Torture: A Sordid History Of Official And Systematic Abuse, by G. Flint Taylor
- Florida's Rush to Disenfranchise Felons Before the 2004 Election, by David Reutter
- Restoration of Voting Rights in Washington, by Julya Hampton
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- Seventh Circuit Allows Sanctions for Frivolous Habeas Corpus Petitions
- Denial of Nation of Islam Literature Unconstitutional, by David Reutter
- California Prisons Contract-Medical-Care Audit Reveals Millions In Waste, by Marvin Mentor
- Scrubbing Abu Ghraib Away, by Mumia Abu-Jamal
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- Report Downplays Wrongful Convictions in U.S., by Hans Sherrer
- Acrimonious Michigan Prisoners' Rights Suit Settled After 15 Years, by John E Dannenberg
- PLRA Applies to Juveniles; Claim Administratively Exhausted
- Tulia Travesty Settled for $6 Million, by Hans Sherrer
- Mismanaged, Money-Losing Folsom City Prison Closed, by John E Dannenberg
- $300,000 Awarded for Delayed Treatment of New York Prisoner's Hearing Loss
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- Stun Belt Violates Due Process; Habeas Granted, by John E Dannenberg
- VP's Drug Dealer Retaliation Claim Ordered to Trial
- Report Blasts South Carolina Plan to Privatize Prison Health Care, by Michael Rigby
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- New York Court Awards Prisoner $180,000 in Slip and Fall
- California Internet Injunction Upheld
- Preliminary Injunction Granted to Religious Objector of Tuberculosis Skin Test, by David Reutter
- New Mexico Lawyers Entitled to Jail Visiting, Phone and Records Access
- Prisons Almanac 2004 Prisons Foundation, Washington, DC, by John E Dannenberg
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- U.S. Supreme Court: Guantanamo Detainees and "Enemy Combatants" Have Access to Habeas Corpus, by John E Dannenberg
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