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Three Texas Guards Indicted in Beating Death
Loaded on Oct. 15, 1997
published in Prison Legal News
October, 1997, page 5
In the July issue of PLN we reported "Judge Rules Texas Prisoner's Death Excessive Force" about Gary Crenshaw, 31, who died at the hands of his captors January 26, 1997, at the French Robertson Unit.
Filed under:
Guard Misconduct,
Crime/Demographics,
Criminal Prosecution,
Prison/Jail Murders,
Excessive Force,
Guard Brutality/Beatings.
Location:
Texas.
On June 30, 1997, a Jones County grand jury indicted Sgt. Monte Baker and guards ...
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