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Covid-19 in Prison

Mandamus “cannot deliver the relief” five inmates in Washington state prisons seek in their suit asking for their immediate release because of Covid-19, the state’s Supreme Court ruled, finding it is obligated to “respect the discretion vested in” the state’s executive branch.

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Mandamus “cannot deliver the relief” five inmates in Washington state prisons seek in their suit asking for their immediate release because of Covid-19, the state’s Supreme Court ruled, finding it is obligated to “respect the discretion vested in” the state’s executive branch. 

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