Christy and Darren Smith with a portrait of their late son, Joshua England, in front of their home in Fairview, Oklahoma. He died of a ruptured appendix while serving a one-year sentence at an Oklahoma prison called Joseph Harp.Nick Oxford for Business InsiderOver a span of days, Joshua England's pleas for help became more desperate."I've been puking all night, and now I'm puking what looks like blood," he wrote to his medical providers on May 22, 2018.
It's Extremely Rare For Prisoners To Win Lawsuits On Eighth Amendment Claims.
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BING NEWS:
- It's extremely rare for prisoners to win lawsuits on Eighth Amendment claims.
Most civil suits settle in the outside world. But among prisoner Eighth Amendment lawsuits, only 14% settle, and less than 1% win outright.
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The Eighth Amendment is meant to protect prisoners against abuse. BI has found that Supreme Court decisions and federal laws have obliterated it.
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But such cases were rare. In 1994, the Supreme Court, in Farmer v. Brennan, ruled that prison officials were liable for Eighth Amendment violations only ... legal training teaching that prisoners file ...
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The Clinton-era law created a separate, unequal justice system for prisoners, placing obstacles in their way before civil rights claims can be heard court.
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