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Police, Death and Inquests
Loaded on Aug. 15, 1995
by Adrian Lomax
published in Prison Legal News
August, 1995, page 21
David Urban, 35 years old, was serving a 30-day sentence in the Winnebago County Jail in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, when, at 1:00 pm on January 13, he began complaining to guards that he felt ill and needed medical attention. The sheriff's deputies who run the jail thought Urban was faking. Twenty …
Filed under:
Misconduct/Corruption,
Jail Misconduct,
Cardiovascular,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
Location:
Wisconsin.
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