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	<title><![CDATA[Cruel and Disgusting: Pain Patient Appeal Denied]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maia-szalavitz/cruel-and-disgusting-pain_b_43216.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Florida's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maia-szalavitz/cruel-and-unusual-25-yea_b_35781.html">Richard Paey</a>, a wheelchair-using father of three who is currently serving a 25-year mandatory prison sentence for taking his own pain medication. In doing so, the court let stand a decision which essentially claims that the courts have no role in checking the powers of the executive and legislative branches of government when an individual outcome is patently unjust.</p>

<p>Richard Paey-- who suffers both multiple sclerosis and from the aftermath of a...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:47:00-04:00</date_published>
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