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No Charges for Georgia Guards Who Allegedly Abetted Attack That Left Prisoner Dead

Loaded on June 15, 2023 by Keith Sanders published in Prison Legal News June, 2023, page 43
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Immunity - Absolute and Qualified. Location: Georgia.

by Keith Sanders

On September 30, 2022, nineteen-year-old Quafabian McBride was fatally stabbed in the heart during a fight between rival gangs at Georgia’s Phillips State Prison. McBride and fellow “Rolax Bloods” member Dejuan Cannon, 22, allegedly attempted to attack another prisoner, “Crips” member Antavious Simon, also 19. …

 

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