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Ohio Pays $725,000 to Survivors of Two Prisoners Beaten to Death by Lying Guards
Loaded on Oct. 15, 2024
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2024, page 37
Filed under:
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Settlements,
Excessive Force (Wrongful Death),
False Statements/Perjury.
Location:
Ohio.
On July 17, 2024, the Ohio Court of Claims approved a settlement between the state Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC) and the Estate of mentally ill prisoner Dewey C. McVay, Jr., who died after taking a beating from guards who then lied about what happened at the Correctional Reception ...
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