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LA County Jail Guards’ Conviction for Assaulting Visitor Upheld
Loaded on March 5, 2019
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2019, page 52
Filed under:
Guard Misconduct.
Location:
California.
by David Reutter
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the convictions of three guards who assaulted a handcuffed visitor at the Los Angeles County Men’s Central Jail in February 2011.
Gabriel Moses Carrillo and his girlfriend, Griselda Torres, were visiting Carrillo’s brother at the facility. Deputy Pantamir ...
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