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New York Judge Unseals Attica Prison Riot Records – Sort of

Loaded on Sept. 19, 2014 by Joe Watson published in Prison Legal News September, 2014, page 28
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Prison/Jail Murders, Disclosure of Records, Wrongful Death. Location: New York.

New York Judge Unseals Attica Prison Riot Records – Sort of

by Joe Watson

A New York state judge has ordered the release of hundreds of pages of documents related to the investigation of the 1971 riot at the Attica Correctional Facility, but not before striking enough information from the ...

 

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