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California and Louisiana Death Row Conditions Result in Torture, Report Finds

Discrimination Evident in Both States at All Junctures of Death Penalty Process

New York—(ENEWSPF)—October 10, 2013. Prisoners on California and Louisiana’s death row are being held in conditions that amount to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or torture under international law, according to a new report by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH).

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Representatives from CCR and FIDH traveled to both states this spring to document living…

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