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Medical Treatment Cannot Be Delayed to Coerce Confession

Loaded on Dec. 15, 1992 published in Prison Legal News December, 1992, page 3
Filed under: Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect, Appendicitis, Self Incrimination, Body Cavity Searches, Qualified Immunity. Location: Missouri.
Medical Treatment Cannot Be Delayed To Coerce Confession

Wesley Taylor is a Missouri state prisoner who suffered a ruptured appendix. Upon arriving at the prison hospital, vomiting blood and in extreme pain, the prison doctor asked him if he had swallowed any balloons of drugs. Taylor denied any such activity ...

 

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