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Louisiana Sues Death Row Inmates

By Steve Hall

Huffington Post reports, "Louisiana Sues 84 Death Row Inmates To Block Lethal Injection Lawsuits," via Solitary Watch.The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections last Friday sued every inmate on death row, in an effort to block any one of them from challenging the state's lethal injection procedures. Each of the 84 prisoners in the "death house" at Angola State Penitentiary was personally served papers in the suit, said Nick Trenticosta, who has represented numerous clients on Angola's death row.The complete report at Solitary Watch is, "Louisiana Sues Its Own Death Row Prisoners," posted by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella.Trenticosta, who is also director of the non-profit Center for Equal Justice in New Orleans, knows of no other instance in which a state sued its death row inmates en masse over legal questions relating to their execution...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 15, 2010 (boomark / email).