Legal Opinion
Christopher Sullivan v. Sam Benningfield
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 4, 2019No. 18-5643PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLE, Chief Judge.
In May 2017, Judge Sam Benningfield issued an order offering a 30-day sentencing credit to inmates in White County, Tennessee. There was one condition: to obtain the credit, inmates had to submit to sterilization. After public outcry about the sterilization-for-sentencing-credits program, Judge Benningfield issued a second order declaring that inmates could no longer enroll in the program, followed by a third order clarifying which of the inmates who initially enrolled could still receive the sentencing credit. Within months, the Tennessee Legislature passed Senate Bill…
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