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Justices signal support for Muslim inmate’s beard

By Mark Sherman
Published October 7, 2014 6:12pm ET
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Justices signal support for Muslim inmate’s beard
This undated photo provided by the Arkansas Department of Correction shows prison inmate Gregory Holt. On Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court will take up the case of Holt, who says his Muslim beliefs require him to grow a half-inch beard. Arkansas prison officials permit no beards, with the exception of inmates with certain skin conditions, who can have beards a quarter-inch long. (AP Photo/Arkansas Department of Correction) | AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court justices appeared united Tuesday as they picked apart prison rules in Arkansas that allow full Afros and mustaches, but no beards, in a case about a Muslim inmate’s claim that his religious beliefs require that he be allowed to keep a half-inch beard.

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