An Inclusive Litany
6/13/94
Nevada prison inmate Kenny Parker filed suit against state
officials for "cruel and unusual punishment" after they gave him
a jar of creamy peanut butter when he had explicitly ordered
chunky. One of Parker's jailmates—convicted first-degree murderer
David Bean—sued the state because the jeans he was given were too
tight, "causing rashes and epileptic seizures." Florida's Robert
Procup sued when he got just one bread roll on his dinner plate,
and sued again when prison officials failed to provide him a salad
at lunch.