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Former Texas Prison Guard Awarded $275,000 in Race Discrimination Suit
Loaded on Aug. 15, 2004
published in Prison Legal News
August, 2004, page 18
On November 6, 2003, a federal jury in Austin, Texas awarded a former prison guard $275,000 in his racial discrimination suit against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice after determining that his race was a substantial or motivating factor in his firing. The awarded consisted of $200,000 in compensatory damages ...
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