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Colorado Prisoner Acquitted of Kidnapping
Loaded on May 15, 1999
published in Prison Legal News
May, 1999, page 19
Colorado state prisoner William Sojka may have had a "fool for an attorney" (he represented himself at trial). But a jury did acquit him of kidnapping, attempted murder and assault charges for allegedly taking guard Mary Henderson hostage, shocking her with an electrical cord and threatening to kill her at ...
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Guard Misconduct,
Crime/Demographics,
Criminal Prosecution,
Assaults on Staff.
Location:
Colorado.
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