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Article: Former Wilson County, Tennessee Corrections Officers Convicted of Civil Rights Charges
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- January 26, 2006
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Two former Wilson County,
Tennessee corrections officers were convicted in federal court of
violating the civil rights of detainees at the Wilson County Jail in
Lebanon, Tennessee the Justice Department announced today. One
defendant was acquitted.
The federal jury convicted defendant Patrick Marlowe of two counts
of violating 18 U.S.C. B' 242, deprivation of civil rights, for
participating in the beating of Walter Kuntz and then denying him
medical care. The jury further found that Marlowe's failure to seek
medical care resulted in Kuntz's death. The jury also convicted
Marlowe of four additional violations of 18 U.S.C. B' 242 for the
beatings of ...