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Chandler v. Crosby, No. 03-12017 (11th Cir.) (379 F.3d 1278) (August 6, 2004) (Judge Gerald B. Tjoflat)

Loaded on July 1, 2004 published in Punch and Jurists July 26, 2004
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Cruel and Unusual Punishment.

The Court held that subjecting death row inmates to temperatures above 90 degrees during Florida’s summer months without any air-conditioning does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment.

This is one of those absurdly pointless and unduly harsh criminal justice decisions that is certain to evoke cries of shame …

 

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