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Two California Prisoners Accused of Strangling Conjugal Visitors

Loaded on May 1, 2025 published in Prison Legal News May, 2025, page 55
Filed under: Prisoner-Visitor Assault, Extended Family Visiting. Location: California.

The death of a woman during a conjugal visit with her husband incarcerated at California’s Mule Creek State Prison was ruled a homicide by the Coroner’s Bureau of the Amador County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) on March 17, 2025. David Brinson, 54, who is serving four life sentences at the lockup ...

 

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