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lonestarnot

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Wed Apr-11-07 10:01 PM
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Habeas Corpus NOW!

Edited on Wed Apr-11-07 10:02 PM by lonestarnot

he is being held under -- and I do mean “held” -- are not medically dictated, but rather dictated by the sheriff, and that despite clear court cases, he's being held in an unconstitutional and punitive manner much worse than other persons in the hospital, even persons who have to be isolated and, as admitted by the Sheriff's Department, like any other jail inmate. He is not a jail inmate, and he will be facing these conditions for many years to come, and they are clearly impacting his mental and physical well-being.

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/06/142246

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lonestarnot

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Wed Apr-11-07 10:03 PM
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1. Will he be tortured next?

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Wed Apr-11-07 10:14 PM
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2. kick

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lonestarnot

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Wed Apr-11-07 10:16 PM
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3. Hell all they have to do is have a few docs in their pockets and they

could say we all have TB.

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Wed Apr-11-07 10:19 PM
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4. GEORGE ANNAS:

GEORGE ANNAS: Well, it disturbs me more than it surprises me. It's not surprising that when we get the public basically totally ignorant of infectious, contagious diseases, then they're told there's a new disease here that could kill you and it's not treatable, what do you expect? How do you expect people to react, especially people in law enforcement? They're going to react, to use the tools they have. And the tools they have are jails and punishment. And Professor Gostin is right: that's wrong. We shouldn't be doing that.

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lonestarnot

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Wed Apr-11-07 10:20 PM
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5. and

But just someone walking around, at least if he doesn't go right up next to you and breathe in your mouth for a couple of hours, you're not going to get TB that way. So we have to learn something about tuberculosis, as well as something about the inappropriateness and, I think, unconstitutionality of locking people up with the disease.

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Wed Apr-11-07 10:25 PM
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6. and this is why I'm going to make a donation to ACLU

DAN POCHODA: We have recently been in touch with the attorney for Mr. Daniels, who was appointed on the initial underlying decision, and we will be working with him to change, at a minimum, the conditions of confinement. As has been stated, it's cruelly unconstitutional to hold someone who is civilly committed in this punitive manner. Nothing could be more punitive than the stark conditions facing Mr. Daniels. If necessary, it would be constitutional litigation that we would be involved in.

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alarimer

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Wed Apr-11-07 10:39 PM
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7. I heard this

It was horrifying. I don't understand why they took his TV away. i mean, if you're going to hold a guy "for public safety" can't you at least make him comfortable? He didn't commit any crime as far as I know.

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lonestarnot

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Thu Apr-12-07 09:08 AM
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9. Exactly!

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Canuckistanian

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Wed Apr-11-07 10:40 PM
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8. Similar to the "Typhoid Mary" incident

Edited on Wed Apr-11-07 10:40 PM by Canuckistanian

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Mallon

But, unlike Mary Mallon, Mr. Daniels is quite aware of his condition and willing to cooperate with officials.

He just never imagined that he would be treated as a terrorist suspect.

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lonestarnot

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Thu Apr-12-07 09:09 AM
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10. Sickening. No pun intended.

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