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Jury Must Be Asked If Prisoner Testimony Credible

Loaded on March 15, 1993 published in Prison Legal News March, 1993, page 8
Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Civil Procedure, Evidentiary Ruling, Jury Instructions, Juries, Witnesses, Qualified Immunity. Location: North Carolina.
Jeffrey Rainey was a North Carolina pretrial detainee. He claimed that in the course of a dispute with a jail guard the guard used excessive force against him by slamming him into a wall three times, injuring his back. He filed suit under § 1983 and at trial a jury ...

 

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