A Federal judge recently noted that this case appears to present "one of the most. if not the most. egregious Eighth Amendment violations [involving cruel and unusual punishment] the Court has ever encountered." The United States of America essentially killed Francisco Castaneda by denying him the medical care he so desperately needed. Why? Because he had entered this country without the proper documentation at the age of 10. when his mother. fleeing civil war in El Salvadora war the United States helped to fund. a war that sent thousands of refugees such as him to our countrychose to seek freedom. He was denied care because he tried to make a better life for himself and his family. These are hardly offenses that warrant death.
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