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When the Attorney General loses on appeal to a pro se capital litigant

From our friends at Decision of the Day Plaintiff David Hammer lives in the Special Confinement Unit at the federal prison in Terre Haute, where all federal death row inmates are held. Hammer was sent to the SCU for killing his cellmate; although his death sentence has since been vacated, he was unable to participate in several interviews due to the SCU?s strict rules regarding media interviews. One such rule is a ban on in-person media interviews that was enacted after 60 Minutes broadcast Timothy McVeigh?s interview with CBS. The interview provoked outcry over whether death row inmates should have a platform for their ?agenda of violence.? In response, Ashcroft announced plans to put new limits on SCU inmates contact with the media. With Hawk-Sawyer at his side, Ashcroft held a press conference to announce the new policy, referring repeatedly to McVeigh and his victims...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on January 15, 2008 (boomark / email).