Question: Do you see the government having a moral or legal liability if someone dies because of COVID-19 while in jail? @ChesaBoudin response: I think there could be legal liability, and there’s definitely a moral obligation to get folks out. 
http://www.forbes.com/sites/morgansimon/2020/03/24/san-francisco-da-chesa-boudin-says-covid-19-wont-end-without-criminal-justice-reform/ …
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§ 1983 liability? I have been wondering about that.
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Replying to @WaqarVick @UdiACLU and
Possible §1983 claim for violation of pretrial detainees’ substantive due process rights & 8th amd for sentenced inmates under theory that govt conduct is deliberately indifferent to medical needs. Cty of Sacramento v Lewis, 523 U.S. 833, 849-50 (1998). https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/523/833/#tab-opinion-1960333 …pic.twitter.com/kJONzeEYhC
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Replying to @NovellaYColeman @WaqarVick and
The motion filed yesterday in Coleman v Newsom (
#SCOTUS heard this with Plata, CA prisoners won, & this resulted in 2011 AB 109 prison pop reductions) is an example. https://twitter.com/chatfieldkate/status/1243059545686999040?s=21 … https://twitter.com/ChatfieldKate/status/1243059545686999040 …pic.twitter.com/SjwDbcMdKl
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