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Pelican Bay $600,000 Wrongful Death Settlement

Loaded on March 15, 1998 published in Prison Legal News March, 1998, page 26
Filed under: Excessive Force, Shootings, Damages, Settlements. Location: California.
California taxpayers coughed up another $600,000 to settle a use-of-force lawsuit at Pelican Bay State Prison. The biggest chunk of the award goes to the family of Jesse Castillo, who was shot and killed by guards while engaged in a fistfight on Pelican Bay's "A" Yard.

"It was an unjustifiable ...

 

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