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U.S. Appeals Court

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Myrie v. Commissioner. N.J. Dept. of Corrections 267 F.3d 251 (3rd Cir. 2001). Prison inmates challenged the application of a New Jersey statute that required them to pay a ten percent surcharge on their purchases from a prison or jail commissary, in order to fund compensation of crime victims, alleging violations of their Double Jeopardy, Ex Post Facto, and Bill of Attainder rights. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants and the inmates...