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Article: INFORMATION ISSUED BY U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE ON JULY 6: FORMER WILSON COUNTY TENNESSEE CORRECTIONS OFFICER SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON ON CIVIL RIGHTS-RELATED CHARGES
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 6, 2006
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The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for the Middle District of Tennessee issued the following press release:
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 ...