... legitimate penal objectives. However, in November 1993, President Clinton signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act ("RFRA").RFRA was intended to restore the traditional protection afforded to prisoners to observe their religion, which had been weakened by decisions such as O'Lone. Prior to the enactment of RFRA, courts generally gave deference to the plaintiffs' interpretations of the tenets and requirements of ... their own religion, if the court deemed those beliefs to be sincerely held. In one case, United States v. Lee (1982), the Supreme Court accepted the plaintiff's contention...

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