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Denial of Social Security for Prisoners Upheld
The statutorily mandated denial of social security retirement benefits to a person convicted of a felony and serving life without parole does not violate the Ex Post Facto Clause because it is not "punishment." The court applies Hudson v. United States (1997), which in turn incorporates the definition of punishment ...
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