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Cowboy Justice: BOP Guards Convicted
by Alan Prendergast
The seven men sat around the defense table Tuesday afternoon, June 24, 2003, murmuring quietly to each other and exchanging hearty good-luck handshakes with their attorneys. The tension was thick, anticipation high.
Shortly after 4 p.m., the jurors filed into U.S. District Judge Wiley Daniel's courtroom. The …
The seven men sat around the defense table Tuesday afternoon, June 24, 2003, murmuring quietly to each other and exchanging hearty good-luck handshakes with their attorneys. The tension was thick, anticipation high.
Shortly after 4 p.m., the jurors filed into U.S. District Judge Wiley Daniel's courtroom. The …
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