This is a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a 110-year-old Rhode Island statute that declares inmates serving life sentences at the ACI to be “dead in all respects” with respect to “all civil rights.”
Lombardi and Davis v. Raimondo
Attorney(s)
Sonja Deyoe, Lynette Labinger
Date filed
July 3, 2019
Status
Victory!
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