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$875,001 Verdict in Beating of Massachusetts Prisoner

by David M. Reutter

Finding that a guard at Massachusetts’ Suffolk County House of Correction (SCHC) had violated a prisoner’s Eighth Amendment rights and committed assault and battery, a federal jury awarded the prisoner $875,001 in damages.

The 121-page complaint in this U.S. District Court action named 54 plaintiffs and ...

 

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