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Valdes Murder Witness Exiled, Muzzled
Loaded on Jan. 15, 2000
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2000, page 5
On the cover of the October 1999 PLN was an article describing the July 9, 1999 beating death of "X-Wing" prisoner Frank Valdes at the hands of Florida State Prison (FSP) guards. The day of the killing Valdes' partner and fellow X-Wing prisoner William Van Poyck wrote a letter to …
Filed under:
Classification,
Out of State Transfers,
Guard Misconduct,
Retaliation for Media Contact,
Retaliatory Transfers,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Death Row,
Access to Media.
Location:
Florida.
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