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$15,001 Excessive Force Verdict Affirmed
Loaded on Jan. 15, 1999
published in Prison Legal News
January, 1999, page 12
The court of appeals for the First circuit affirmed a jury verdict awarding $15,001 in damages to a prisoner beaten by prison guards. The court affirmed several evidentiary rulings by the district court excluding evidence of a disciplinary hearing guilty plea by the plaintiff and not allowing defendants' counsel to …
Filed under:
Disciplinary Hearings,
Guilty Pleas,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Damages,
Evidentiary Ruling,
Juries.
Location:
Maine.
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