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Federal Prisoner's Estate Awarded $78,000 for Suicide

In July 1998, a federal court awarded $78,000 to the estate of a prisoner
who committed suicide at a federal prison in Missouri.

The estate claimed in the lawsuit that prison medical personnel failed to
provide medication for the decedent's known depression. The estate further
asserted that improper medication led ...

 

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