Posted on 06/16/2003 5:29:18 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Edited on 04/13/2004 3:31:27 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court, both hailed and cursed for its tough positions on matters involving people accused or convicted of crimes, issued a mixed set of rulings Monday on the rights of criminals.
The court gave the go-ahead to laws that would curtail visits to prison inmates and restrict public access to housing projects to keep criminals out. But it also instituted new limits on prosecutors who seek to force anti-psychotic drugs on mentally ill defendants.
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This just kills me.....didn't think much about "freely associate" when they were sticking up the local gas station or pulling a B&E or...... what about the victim's right to freely assoicate?
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