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Nebraska Supreme Court Affirms Sheriff’s Misconduct Conviction
Loaded on Dec. 1, 2023
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2023, page 37
On May 26, 2023, the Nebraska Supreme Court upheld the conviction of former Dawes County Sheriff Karl J. Dailey for official misconduct. In a split decision the Court agreed with both a county court and a district court’s findings that Dailey was guilty for refusing to accept a prisoner …
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