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October 3, 2007
 Inouye v. Kemna, et al.
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said that
requiring a parolee to attend a religion-based program, such as that
offered by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), violates the First Amendment of the
Constitution. A drug offender had sued the State of Hawaii for penalizing
him for not attending an addiction treatment program based on AA
principles. In its ruling, the court said that the offender had been
coerced because no other options were offered.
The offender had been paroled on the condition that program attendance
was mandatory. After he dropped out of the program, the state sent the
offender back to prison. The offender then sued by the state on June 5,
2007.
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