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WSR Prisoner Murdered by Neglect
Loaded on Nov. 15, 1995
published in Prison Legal News
November, 1995, page 12
On December 12, 1994, Stanley Watson died of a heart attack at the Washington State Reformatory (WSR) in Monroe, WA. While heart attacks do happen and can be fatal Watson's death could have been easily prevented, so easily that his death amounts to negligent homicide. On December 11, 1994, Watson ...
Filed under:
Medical Misconduct,
Medical,
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Cardiovascular,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
Location:
Washington.
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