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Beaten Connecticut Jail Detainee Awarded $2.07 Million
Loaded on Sept. 15, 1999
published in Prison Legal News
September, 1999, page 10
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 ...
Filed under:
Escapes,
Victims,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Damages,
Seizure of Prisoner Funds,
Guards/Staff,
Assaults on Staff.
Location:
Connecticut.
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