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Tough Justice Leads To Quadriplegic's Death In CCA-Operated D.C. Jail

Loaded on Feb. 15, 2005 by Michael Rigby published in Prison Legal News February, 2005, page 27
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Disabled Prisoners, Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect, Private Contractors, Medical Neglect/Malpractice. Location: Washington.
Tough Justice Leads To Quadriplegic's Death
In CCA-Operated D.C. Jail

by Michael Rigby

Washington D.C. Superior Court Judge Judith E. Retchin is known for being tough on crime. She's so tough, in fact, that when a quadriplegic man came before her for possessing a small amount of marijuanahis first offenseshe ...

 

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