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$35,000 Awarded for Beating
Loaded on June 15, 1994
published in Prison Legal News
June, 1994, page 12
Leon Davis is a Georgia state prisoner. He filed suit claiming that his eighth amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment was violated when a guard shoved him down the stairs of a fire escape and another guard punched him in the face and struck his legs ...
Filed under:
Prison Rebellion,
Attorney Fee Awards,
Excessive Force,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Damages.
Location:
Georgia.
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