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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) The Pennsylvania chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union says it is preparing to file a lawsuit to get the states new Revictimization Relief Actoverturned. <\/p>\n
Signed into law on Tuesday, the law whichthe ACLU says is unconstitutional bans conduct by criminal offenders that causes mental anguish to their former victims. <\/p>\n
We are cautiously optimistic that a federal judge will take a quick look at this and say, Youve got to be kidding me, Vic Walczak, legal director of the ACLU of Pennsylvania, tells KYW Newsradio. <\/p>\n
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He says they are working to file a First Amendment lawsuit to block the law, which allows personal injury victims to sue their offenders, whether theyre in or no longer in prison. <\/p>\n
The law was fast-tracked and approved just days after convicted cop killer Mumia Abu Jamal gave an October 5th commencement speech to a Vermont college. <\/p>\n
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