609 F. Supp. 1432 - Groseclose v. Dutton’s Empirical Analysis

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7 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions

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1. ““not relitigate the issues raised in Grubbs, but it will examine the impact of the changes in the conditions and policies of Unit VI since the findings of fact in Grubbs in 1982 for the following reasons. First, many of the conditions raised in this action were not addressed by the Court in Grubbs. See Groseclose [/], 594 F.Supp. at 958-59 n. 5. Second, when the Court made its findings in Grubbs, there were only nineteen inmates sentenced to death in Unit VI; there are now approximately forty-four persons sentenced to death and confined in that unit. Thus, the Court will examine the conditions in Unit VI to the extent that this increase in inmate population has significantly altered the conditions in Unit VI. Third, when. Warden Michael Dutton became warden at the Tennessee State Penitentiary, he made significant policy changes that greatly increased the restrictions on the inmates confined to Unit VI. These changes included elimination of commissary visits, religious services, group dinners, and visits to the gymnasium. The effect of these changes was clearly to make Unit VI a separate ‘prison within a prison.’ Therefore, the Court will also examine the conditions in Unit VI to the extent that these changes have significantly altered the conditions in Unit VI since the Court’s findings in Grubbs. Finally, as a practical matter, the Court must examine the conditions on death row because of this Court’s finding that the conditions in Unit VI had caused Mr. Harries to waive his”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Groseclose v. Dutton

2. “that the evidence is overwhelming that the defendants have not provided the inmates with adequate psychological and psychiatric assistance necessary for one confined and sentenced to death.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Peterkin H v. Jeffes H

3. “[o]nly one counselor ... assigned for all forty-four inmates on death row, and that person is also the sole counselor for ... over eighty [other] inmates.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Peterkin H v. Jeffes H