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Developing A Victims' Suit For Injuries Caused By A Compulsorily Released Prisoner, Leonard M. Niehoff
Developing A Victims' Suit For Injuries Caused By A Compulsorily Released Prisoner, Leonard M. Niehoff
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
This Note advocates the development of a tort remedy for victims injured by a compulsorily released prisoner. This remedy would be based on existing tort theory permitting suits against third parties whose negligence causes or facilitates a criminal act. The victim would bring suit against both the state and third parties who aided in the criminal release determination . To support his claim, the victim would allege: (1) that state officials negligently selected the offending inmate for early release; and (2) that the state negligently maintained the unconstitutional prison conditions which precipitated the release.
Part I of this Note discusses …
In The Belly Of The Beast: Letters From Prison, Michigan Law Review
In The Belly Of The Beast: Letters From Prison, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
A Review of In the Belly of the Beast: Letters from Prison by Jack Henry Abbott
Punishment By Imprisonment: Placing Ideology Into Concrete, David A. Ward
Punishment By Imprisonment: Placing Ideology Into Concrete, David A. Ward
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Imprisonment in America: Choosing the Future by Michael Sherman and Gordon Hawkins