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Article: Former Wilson County, Tennessee Corrections Officer Sentenced For Civil Rights-Related Charge
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- May 12, 2006
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WASHINGTON, May 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Assistant Attorney General
for the Civil Rights Division Wan J. Kim, U.S. Attorney for the
Middle District of Tennessee Jim Vines, and Special Agent in Charge
of the Memphis Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation My
Harrison, today announced that former Wilson County, Tenn.
corrections officer Tommy Shane Conatser was sentenced on charges
relating to violations of the civil rights of inmates at the Wilson
County Jail in Lebanon, Tenn. Conatser was sentenced to 70 months
imprisonment, and two years supervised release.
"The Justice Department is committed to vigorously prosecuting any
law enforcement officer who abuses a position of trust ...