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$1 Million Paid After Indiana Jailers Fatally Beat and Taser Detainee, But Prosecutor Finds No Crime
Loaded on July 15, 2022
by Benjamin Tschirhart, Keith Sanders
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2022, page 50
Filed under:
Failure to Treat,
Drug Overdose,
Restraints,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice,
Excessive Force (Wrongful Death).
Location:
Indiana.
by Keith Sanders and Benjamin Tschirhart
When a caregiver fails to seek medical attention for a person during an emergency, inflicting instead additional pain and suffering and looking on while that person dies, a reasonable person might conclude that the caretaker has committed criminal neglect. In fact, on October 22, ...
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