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Michigan Jail Officials Lied and Hid Documents in Lawsuit Over Prisoner’s Death
Loaded on June 15, 2009
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2009, page 18
Filed under:
Jail Misconduct,
Medical,
Medication,
Attorney Misconduct,
Discovery,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
Location:
Michigan.
Michigan Jail Officials Lied and Hid Documents in Lawsuit Over Prisoner’s Death
by David M. Reutter
On the eve of trial, a Michigan U.S. District Court adjourned a civil rights suit to reopen fact finding in the case. That rare development resulted after it was revealed that officials at the ...
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