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$450,000 Settlement in California Prison Murder Suit
Loaded on June 15, 2004
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2004, page 11
The California Department of Corrections (CDC) agreed on October 15, 2003 to pay $450,000 to settle the civil rights complaint brought by the surviving family of a prisoner murdered by his cellmate.
Filed under:
Discrimination,
Gay/Lesbian,
Qualified Immunity,
Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death),
Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
Location:
California.
Jeffrey Ford, an effeminate homosexual serving prison time for petty theft at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, ...
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