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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Two men on Nebraska's death row for their
roles in the 2002 Norfolk bank slayings say prison officials denied
them rights guaranteed under a 24-year-old agreement.
Eric Vela and Jorge Galindo say in court filings that they
weren't given proper access to the law library, exercise yard or
the day room when they were segregated from other death row inmates
at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution for disciplinary
reasons.
Vela and Galindo have asked a federal judge to order prison
officials to comply with a 1986 consent decree that was reached
between prison officials and four other death row inmates. The
agreement outlines the amount of time death row inmates are
allotted to use the law library, exercise yard and day room, among
other things.