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Florida Warden Susceptible to Liability in Valdes’ Murder; Suit Settles for $1,169,923.42

Loaded on March 15, 2007 by David Reutter published in Prison Legal News March, 2007, page 18
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Prison/Jail Murders, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Qualified Immunity, Supervisory Liability, Death Row. Location: Florida.
Florida Warden Susceptible to Liability in Valdes' Murder; Suit Settles for $1,169,923.42

by David M. Reutter

While former Florida Department of Corrections director James Crosby was never charged in the murder of Florida death row prisoner Frank Valdes, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that Valdes' family presented …

 

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