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Jail Brutality Verdict Reversed Due to Improper Argument and Jury Instruction
Loaded on March 15, 1999
published in Prison Legal News
March, 1999, page 23
The court of appeals for the Seventh circuit reversed a jury verdict in favor of jail guards because their lawyer argued the detainee-plaintiff's attorney did not believe his client. The court also held that a jury instruction on subjective good faith was not supported by the evidence in this brutality ...
Filed under:
Attorney Client,
Attorney Misconduct,
Excessive Force,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Jury Instructions.
Location:
Illinois.
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