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Russell Shoatz ( Russell Maroon Shoatz) is a community activist, founding member of the Black Unity Council, former member of the Black Panther Party, soldier in the Black Liberation Army, and convicted murderer.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19771012&id=FcpRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VG0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6520,1611811〕〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19771005&id=D8pRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VG0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6024,537450〕 == Incarceration == Shoats was convicted of murdering a police officer in Pennsylvania and was sentenced to life imprisonment. On February 20, 2014, Shoatz was returned to the prison's general population after being held in solitary confinement for over 22 consecutive years.〔http://abolitionistlawcenter.org/2014/02/20/media-release-russell-maroon-shoatz-released-from-solitary-confinement-first-time-in-general-population-in-more-than-22-years/〕 The most recent dismissal of his legal counsel's appeal for his return to the regular prison population highlights the fulcrum of the controversy: "In the volatile atmosphere of a prison, an inmate easily may constitute an unacceptable threat to the safety of other prisoners and guards even if he himself has committed no misconduct; rumor, reputation, and even more imponderable factors may suffice to spark potentially disastrous incidents. The judgment of prison officials in this context, like that of those making parole decisions, turns largely on purely subjective evaluations and on predictions of future behavior."〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT No. 99-3603 RUSSELL SHOATS,Appellant v. MARTIN HORN, in his official capacity as the Commissioner of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections; PHILIP JOHNSON, in his official capacity as Superintendent of the State Correctional Institution at Greene )〕 On May 8, 2013, Shoats filed a lawsuit demanding an end to the torturous conditions of isolation in a 7-by-12 foot cell, always illuminated by lights, for 23–24 hours per day.〔Tim Phillips, ("Russell Maroon Shoatz Files Lawsuit Demanding an End to Solitary Confinement" ), Activist Defense, May 11, 2013.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Russell Melvin Shoats」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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