Beginning on page 222 of the text, review and examine the issue of Rights in Prison as related to due process and human rights.
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Submit a 5-7 page, APA
formatted paper that addresses the following:
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Beginning on page 222
of the text, review and examine the issue of Rights in Prison as related to due
process and human rights.
o Locate and examine the case of Talley v.
Stephens (information also located in footnote 302) and provide a synopsis of
the facts of this case, the issues addressed and the holding of the Court.
o Then go to page 233 and compare and contrast
this case and the decision to the ICCPR and the Inter-American Convention on
Human Rights.
o Upon completion provide your opinion as to the
Courts decision and the requirements of the aforementioned international
requirements.
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Beginning on page 228
of the textbook, read the discussion on the issue of Customary International
Law of Human Rights as United States Law.
o Review the information presented pertaining to
Article 6 of the United States Constitution, and the discussion about treaties
as the supreme law of the land. (Refer to footnotes on page 336 for some
additional information.)
o Based on the information in the text, the
footnotes, and research you conduct pertaining to this issue, describe the
current official legal position of the United States pertaining to Customary
International Law and Article 6 of the United States Constitution.
(BOOK) Pati, R. (2010). Due process and international terrorism (published as part of a series: Studies in
Intercultural Human Rights). Martinus Nijhoff Press. ISBN: 978-9004172388
