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BOP Guards Smuggle Sperm for Mobsters
Loaded on Sept. 15, 2003
by Gary Hunter
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2003, page 14
Filed under:
Guard Misconduct,
Criminal Prosecution,
Venue,
Forfeiture,
Visiting,
Extended Family Visiting,
Artificial Insemination.
Location:
Pennsylvania.
BOP Guards Smuggle Sperm For Mobsters
by Gary Hunter
On March 1, 2002, the U.S. District court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania denied the motion of a mobster's wife requesting the return of her incarcerated husband's sperm. Circumstances leading to this unusual request began in 1992 when Antonio …
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- Shoot First, Ask Questions Later: The Militarization of Law Enforcement, by Silja JA Talvi
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- The Death Penalty in 2001
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