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Texas Prisoner Raped By Wackenhut Guard Entitled To Discovery Protection
Loaded on May 15, 2001
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2001, page 25
Filed under:
Staff-Prisoner Assault,
GEO Group/Wackenhut,
Contractor Misconduct,
Medical,
Medical Records,
Evidentiary Ruling,
Discovery.
Location:
Texas.
An appeals court in Texas has held that, under the Texas rape victims shield laws, Rule 412, 509(c)(1) and 510(b)(1), Texas Rules of Evidence, a prisoner who was raped by a guard and is suing Wackenhut may not be compelled to answer questions on whether the assault was consensual …
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