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Suit Filed Against "Shoot to Wound" Policy

Loaded on July 15, 1994 published in Prison Legal News July, 1994, page 14
Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Medical Expenses, Eighth Amendment, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Shootings, Seizure of Prisoner Funds. Location: Nevada.
Suit Filed Against "Shoot to Wound" Policy

The American Civil Liberties Union's National Prison Project, based in Washington, D.C., and Reno attorney Donald Evans filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court on May 16th, 1994 against the governor of Nevada and officials of the Nevada Department of ...

 

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