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Cop's Perjury Conviction Upheld
Loaded on Dec. 15, 1993
published in Prison Legal News
December, 1993, page 13
Normally PLN does not report on criminal cases but we thought this one might interest our readers. R.B. Springer was a Houston policeman. A Texas grand jury questioned him about numerous complaints of brutality and choking of prisoners and suspects. Springer denied any knowledge or actions of the sort. The …
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Police Misconduct,
Crime/Demographics,
Criminal Prosecution,
Guard Brutality/Beatings.
Location:
Texas.
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