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Oregon Guard Pleads Guilty to Perjury
Loaded on Aug. 15, 1998
published in Prison Legal News
August, 1998, page 28
Aformer Oregon prison corporal pleaded guilty to one count of perjury on April 17, 1998, after prosecutors offered to downgrade the felony perjury charge to a misdemeanor. The guard, Cpl. Ronald Robertson, 32, was sentenced to two days in jail and 36 months probation.
Filed under:
Guard Misconduct,
Crime/Demographics,
Criminal Prosecution,
Guard Brutality/Beatings.
Location:
Oregon.
Robertson was fired by the Oregon ...
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