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Beaten Connecticut Jail Detainee Awarded $2.07 Million

A federal jury in February, 1999 awarded Kevin King $2 million in punitive damages and $75,000 in compensatory damages for a beating he suffered at the hands of Hartford (Conn.) Correctional Center jail guards. The verdict touched off a firestorm of controversy because King, 27, is a convicted rapist and ...

 

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