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Prison Guards Face Resentencing Dilemma in Beating Death of New York Jail Prisoner
Loaded on April 15, 2002
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2002, page 9
Prison Guards Face Resentencing Dilemma In Beating Death Of New York Jail Prisoner
Filed under:
Guard Misconduct,
Crime/Demographics,
Criminal Prosecution,
Prison/Jail Murders,
Excessive Force,
U.S. Sentencing Guidelines.
Location:
New York.
by John E. Dannenberg
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated the federal criminal civil rights sentences of the Nassau County, New York guards who had pled guilty to brutally beating to death a ...
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