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Sheriff Accused of Blocking Investigation Into Georgia Jail Detainee Death
Loaded on May 24, 2023
by Jo Ellen Nott
Filed under:
Cancer,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice,
Pretrial Detention and Detainees.
Location:
Georgia.
by Jo Ellen Nott
After an otherwise healthy 32-year-old succumbed to testicular cancer at Georgia’s Clayton County Jail in January 2023, the Director of the county Medical Examiner’s Office accused Sheriff Levon Allen of withholding documents needed in the death investigation.
“When you don’t get all sides of the story ...
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