Canadian Coalition Against Death Penalty v. Ryan.

• Position: MAIL - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

PROHIBITION

Canadian Coalition Against Death Penalty v. Ryan, 269 F.Supp.2d 1199 (D.Ariz. 2003). A prisoner rights advocacy group that maintained Internet websites brought an action seeking a declaration that a state statute that prohibited prison inmates from sending mail to, or receiving mail from, a communication service provider or from having access to the Internet through a provider, was unconstitutional. The district court held that the plaintiffs had standing to challenge the statute, and that the statute was not...