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No Punishment for Possessing Inflammatory Papers, $1,000 Jury Award Upheld
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that a prisoner cannot be punished for simply possessing "revolutionary" material, supervisors were liable for constitutional violations surrounding prisoner's placement in segregation, and a jury award of $1,000 was not "grossly excessive." A New York prisoner was placed in segregation ...
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