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Guard Gets 10 Years for Beating Prisoner to Death
Loaded on Sept. 15, 1995
published in Prison Legal News
September, 1995, page 17
On May 23, 1995, Joel Lambright was sentenced to a 2 to 10 year sentence after being convicted of manslaughter for beating and kicking to death Michael McCoy, a prisoner. [See PLN Jan., 1995] Initially charged with murder, Lambright was convicted of manslaughter after the jury heard testimony that he …
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Guard Misconduct,
Crime/Demographics,
Prison/Jail Murders,
Guard Brutality/Beatings.
Location:
Texas.
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