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Settlement Reached in Beating Death of Florida Prisoner
Loaded on Sept. 15, 2003
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2003, page 6
In October 2002, the sons of a Florida man agreed to settle their wrongful death action, in the U.S. District Court in Pensacola, against several jail guards and the Escambia County sheriff. The amount of the settlement was not disclosed.
Filed under:
Misconduct/Corruption,
Jail Misconduct,
Prison/Jail Murders,
Excessive Force,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Municipal Liability.
Location:
Florida.
This case began on January 5, 1999, when Mark Bailey, ...
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