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Eighth Circuit: Pepper Spraying Prisoner's Genitals Not Excessive Force

by Christopher Zoukis

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has affirmed a district court's finding that a Missouri prison guard did not use excessive force when he pepper sprayed a prisoner four times, including a shot straight to the genitals.

Kevin Ward was imprisoned in administrative ...

 

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