Inmates File Suit After Prisons Ban Some Religious Books Over Terrorism Fears


	Inmates File Suit After Prisons Ban Some Religious Books Over Terrorism Fears

cpltaiji

6-10-2007 10:50 PM

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law, general interest, crime, bizarre, books, civil rights

cpltaiji says:

"Bookburning" is not going to solve the root problem here. The change needs to come from within. When change comes from within, books don't matter!

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