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Prisoners' Rights, Hepatitis C Teddy Basham-Witherington Prisoners' Rights, Hepatitis C Teddy Basham-Witherington

Prisoners Face Hepatitis C Death Sentence

Not only was a de facto death sentence a realistic possibility for many of the prisoners being denied treatment, it was a death sentence of liver failure.  I myself have witnessed people die this way.  It is a slow and horrifying process, far worse than any sentence, any punishment, or any manner of death penalty, imposed by any state, for any crime.  In light of that knowledge, “sentenced to die” is actually putting the matter quite lightly.

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