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Maine Prisoner Subjected to Excessive Force Awarded $30,000

On October 3, 1997, a federal jury in Bangor, Maine awarded a state
prisoner $30,000 in punitive damages and $2.00 in nominal damages. The
prisoner had claimed he was subjected to excessive force by two guards at
the state's supermax prison in Warren.

The plaintiff, a 23-year-old prisoner at the ...

 

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