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Washington Felony Infraction Law Struck Down
Loaded on Nov. 15, 1999
published in Prison Legal News
November, 1999, page 23
A Washington state appeals court held that a state law allowing the felony prosecution of prisoners who are infracted in prison after having lost all good time credits violates the state constitution. The court also suggested that all Washington DOC infractions issued after 1995 may be invalid.
Filed under:
Disciplinary Hearings,
Legality of Rules,
Sanctions (Disciplinary Hearings),
Criminal Prosecution.
Location:
Washington.
In 1995 the ...
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