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Settlement Reached to End Permanent Solitary Confinement for People Sentenced to Death in Pennsylvania

HARRISBURG - The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Pennsylvania, the Abolitionist Law Center, and counsel Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP and Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing, Feinberg & Lin LLP announced a settlement today in a class action lawsuit against the state’s Department of Corrections.
Issue Areas: Prisoners' Rights
Court Cases: Reid et al. v. Wetzel