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Marin County, California Settles Wrongful Jail Death For $1 Million
Loaded on April 15, 2007
by John Dannenberg
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2007, page 38
by John E. Dannenberg
Filed under:
Excessive Force,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Restraints,
Civil Procedure,
Settlements.
Location:
California.
Marin County, California settled with the surviving family of a man who died after being hog-tied upon his arrest by Marin County Sheriff deputies.
Cary Grime was a pedestrian at 2 a.m. in the city of Novato on August 17, 2003. He was observed by Sheriff?s ...
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