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Evidence Must Support Disciplinary Charge
Loaded on Oct. 15, 1993
published in Prison Legal News
October, 1993, page 7
Lloyd Brown is a District of Columbia prisoner held at the Lorton prison in Virginia. Brown was infracted for throwing a fermented solution of milk, feces and urine in a guard's face. He was charged with assault and destruction of property, and three other offenses. The disciplinary board found him ...
Filed under:
Disciplinary Hearings,
Liberty Interests,
Evidentiary Ruling (Disciplinary Hearings),
Standard of Proof,
Written Findings.
Location:
Washington.
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