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Aclu and attorney sonia dao. >> so tell me about this statute. >> it only applies to inmates with life sentences. it prevents them from filing suit, owning property, even having personal property in prison. and what it says is that those inmates with life sentences cannot be married. marriage is a fundamental right. what we have is a statute that restricts those rights too much. >> according to sonia, until recently, they were not consistently enforcing the civil death statute. >> my research shows somewhere along the lines of seven or eight inmates in rhode island who married who had life sen...

>> rhode island is one of only two states in the nation that enforces the civil death statute, which says inmates with life sentences are dead to society. it's a law that shelby and cody are fighting with the help of the aclu. and attorney sonya dayo. so tell me about this statute. >> it only applies to inmates who have life sentences. it prevents them from doing things like filing suit, owning property, even having personal property in prison. and what it says is that those inmates with life sentences cannot be married. marriage is a fundamental right. what we have here is a statute that rest...

Philosophy entirely. >> rhode island is one of two states in the nation that enforce it is the civil death statute. inmates are dead to society. it's a law that shelby and cody are fighting with the aclu and the attorney. >> me about this statute. >> it only applies to inmates with life sentences. it prevents them from having personal property in prison and what it says is those inmates with life sentences cannot be married. marriage is a fundamental right. what we have is a statute that restricts the rights too much. >> according to sonia, until recently, they were not endorsing the statute. ...