Rhode Island Supreme Court Rules ‘Civil Death’ Law for Inmates Is Unconstitutional

 

 

 
An archaic Rhode Island law that says prison inmates serving life sentences are considered civilly dead in terms of their civil rights is unconstitutional, the state Supreme Court ruled in a landmark decision released Wednesday. The 1909 law says inmates …

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