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Guest Post by Bret Grote In a story that has received scant attention so far, former death row occupant, political prisoner, and world-renowned journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal filed a legal challenge to the imposition of a sentence of life without parole. Mumia is basing his case, in part, on the idea that his thirty years in solitary confinement […]

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Mumia Abu-Jamal Challenges Death Row Solitary Confinement and Life Without Parole

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

September 16, 2012

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Prison Rape, the PREA, and the PLRA

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

March 7, 2011

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