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Article: Former Wilson County, Tennessee Corrections Officer SentencedTo Life in Prison on Civil Rights-Related Charges
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- July 6, 2006
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WASHINGTON, July 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Former Wilson County, Tenn.,
corrections officer Patrick Marlowe was sentenced to life
imprisonment today on charges relating to violations of the civil
rights of inmates at the Wilson County Jail in Lebanon, Tenn.,
announced 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.
"It is appalling that an officer would engage in a concerted
scheme to violently abuse those entrusted to his custody," said
Assistant Attorney General Kim. "Those who abuse their position of ...