Tag: 8th amendment

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July 31, 2013
07/31/2013
DEA to Pay $4.1 Million to Man Forgotten in Cell

DEA to Pay $4.1 Million to Man Forgotten in Cell

The DEA has agreed to pay $4.1 million to San Diego college student Daniel Chong after rounding him up in a drug sweep last year and then...
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June 12, 2013
06/12/2013
Marc Emery Released from Solitary Confinement

Marc Emery Released from Solitary Confinement

Marc Emery, Canada’s “Prince of Pot,” has been released from a week of solitary confinement in a Mississippi prison for taking pictures of his prison music band...
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June 10, 2013
06/10/2013
Marc Emery in Solitary Confinement in US Prison

Marc Emery in Solitary Confinement in US Prison

Canadian marijuana seed magnate and political dissident Marc Emery, who is about four years into a five-year US prison sentence for selling pot seeds over the Internet,...
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October 3, 2012
10/03/2012
NY Prisons Are Isolating Drug Users for 23 Hours a Day In Cells “the Size of a Typical Elevator”

NY Prisons Are Isolating Drug Users for 23 Hours a Day In Cells “the Size of a Typical Elevator”

Mike Riggs analyzes some pretty horrific findings in a new New York Civil Liberties Union report, e.g. NY prison system inmates caught using drugs, including marijuana, are punished with months,...
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