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Prison Guards May Not Be Fired for Testifying on Prisoner's behalf

Loaded on Dec. 15, 1991 published in Prison Legal News December, 1991, page 7
Filed under: Retaliation, Retaliation against Staff, Witnesses, Death Penalty, Censorship, Employee Litigation. Location: Illinois.
Prison Guards May Not Be Fired For Testifying On Prisoner's Behalf

Salvatore Ziccarelli was employed as a guard at the Cook County (Chicago) jail in Illinois. While there he became acquainted with a prisoner facing the death penalty. Ziccarelli voluntarily appeared, while off duty, on behalf of the defense to ...

 

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