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.