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More than once, the late Supreme Court Justice William Brennan told me: 'This nation will not be civilized until it ends the death penalty.'
But how civilized are we now, when, according to extended research by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR): "Tens of thousands of individuals across the country are detained inside cramped, concrete, windowless cells in a state of near-total solitude for between 22 and 24 hours a day. The cells have a toilet and a shower, and a slot in the door large enough for a guard to slip a food tray through. ..."
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June 1, 2015