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Erroneous Jury Instruction Nets Raped Missouri Prisoner New Civil Trial
Loaded on Sept. 15, 2007
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2007, page 30
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a jury verdict against a prisoner-plaintiff, finding that the lower court erred in responding to a jury question during deliberations.
Filed under:
Prisoner-Prisoner Assault,
Failure to Protect (General),
Jury Instructions,
Protective Custody.
Location:
Missouri.
Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC) prisoner Ronnie Conley was raped repeatedly by a cellmate. ?After the first attack, he sought protective custody? from …
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