Thomas Townsend and Roosevelt Terry v. C. Murray Henderson, Warden, Tennessee State Penitentiary

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• 19-year-old illiterate prisoner had just received head wound; was kept in dark, primitive cell; had no clothing, kept on bread and water diet; not given “Miranda” warnings before confession

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