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Fourth Circuit Agrees Virginia’s Death Row Conditions Violated Eighth Amendment

by Scott Grammer

Almost 120 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court recognized the harm that solitary confinement causes. Prior to 2015, prisoners on Virginia’s death row were housed in solitary in 71-square-foot cells (about the size of a sub-compact car) for 23 to 24 hours per day. They were only ...

 

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