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1 MINNESOTA STATUTES 2009 CHAPTER 611A CRIME VICTIMS: RIGHTS, PROGRAMS, AGENCIES DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS 611A.01 DEFINITIONS. 611A.015 SCOPE OF VICTIMS' RIGHTS. 611A.02 NOTIFICATION OF VICTIM SERVICES AND VICTIMS' RIGHTS. 611A.021 NOTICE OF RIGHT TO REQUEST WITHHOLDING OF CERTAIN PUBLIC DATA. 611A.03 PLEA AGREEMENTS; NOTIFICATION. 611A.0301 RIGHT TO SUBMIT STATEMENT AT PLEA PRESENTATION HEARING. 611A.031 VICTIM INPUT REGARDING PRETRIAL DIVERSION. 611A.0311 DOMESTIC ABUSE PROSECUTIONS PLAN AND PROCEDURES; PILOT PROGRAM. 611A.0315 VICTIM NOTIFICATION; DOMESTIC ASSAULT; CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT; HARASSMENT. 611A.032 INACTIVE. 611A.033 SPEEDY TRIAL; NOTICE OF SCHEDULE CHANGE. 611A.034 SEPARATE WAITING AREAS IN COURTHOUSE. 611A.035 CONFIDENTIALITY OF VICTIM'S ADDRESS. 611A.036 PROHIBITION AGAINST EMPLOYER RETALIATION. 611A.037 PRESENTENCE INVESTIGATION; VICTIM IMPACT; NOTICE. 611A.038 RIGHT TO SUBMIT STATEMENT AT SENTENCING. 611A.0385 SENTENCING; IMPLEMENTATION OF RIGHT TO NOTICE OF OFFENDER RELEASE AND EXPUNGEMENT. 611A.039 RIGHT TO NOTICE OF FINAL DISPOSITION OF CRIMINAL CASE. 611A.0392 NOTICE TO COMMUNITY CRIME PREVENTION GROUP. 611A.0393 CRIME ALERTS; VIOLENT CRIMES; DISABLED ACCESS. 611A.0395 RIGHT TO INFORMATION REGARDING DEFENDANT'S APPEAL. 611A.04 ORDER OF RESTITUTION. 611A.045 PROCEDURE FOR ISSUING ORDER OF RESTITUTION. 611A.046 VICTIM'S RIGHT TO REQUEST PROBATION REVIEW HEARING. 611A.05 PENALTIES NO BAR TO CIVIL REMEDIES. 611A.06 RIGHT TO NOTICE OF RELEASE. ELECTRONIC MONITORING 611A.07 ELECTRONIC MONITORING TO PROTECT DOMESTIC ABUSE VICTIMS; STANDARDS. BARRING PERPETRATOR RECOVERY 611A.08 BARRING PERPETRATORS OF CRIMES FROM RECOVERING FOR INJURIES SUSTAINED DURING CRIMINAL CONDUCT. SEXUAL OFFENSES; DOMESTIC ABUSE AND VIOLENCE 611A.19 TESTING SEX OFFENDER FOR HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS. 611A.20 NOTICE OF RISK OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION

These elementary principles establish the government's obligation to provide medical care for those whom it is punishing by incarceration. An inmate must rely on prison authorities to treat his medical needs; if the authorities fail to do so, those needs will not be met. In the worst cases, such a failure may actually produce physical "torture or a lingering death," In re Kemmler, supra, the evils of most immediate concern to the drafters of the Amendment. In less serious cases, denial of medical care may result in pain and suffering which no one suggests would serve any penological purpose. Cf. Gregg v. Georgia, supra, at 173, 96 S.Ct. at 2924-25 (joint opinion). The infliction of such unnecessary suffering is inconsistent with contemporary standards of decency as manifested in modern legislation8 codifying the commonlaw view that "(i)t is but just that the public be required to care for the prisoner, who cannot by reason of the deprivation of his liberty, care for himself."9

Officials indifference to Lee Franks request for protection. The killer has stalked Lee almost three years without any protection.