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Third Circuit: Prison Disciplinary Hearing Officer Must Examine Potentially Exculpatory Evidence

The Third Circuit held, twice in the same case, that it is a due process violation for a prison hearing officer not to examine documentary evidence that a prisoner charged with a disciplinary infraction believes will exonerate him, unless there are legitimate penological reasons for not doing so.

In 2005, ...

 

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