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Police Only Responsible If They Know Danger Of Jail Suicide
On July 27, 1982, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts held that city police officers could only be held responsible for the suicide of a jail prisoner if they knew or reasonably should have known he was suicidal.
Joseph Fitzgibbons was arrested for public lewdness and placed in the Salem, ...
Joseph Fitzgibbons was arrested for public lewdness and placed in the Salem, ...
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