All articles tagged with #prisoner death
A New York corrections officer was convicted of murdering prisoner Robert Brooks after a brutal beating caught on body camera, while two other officers were acquitted; the case has heightened scrutiny on prison conditions and oversight laws.
Seven deputies with the Henrico County Sheriff's Office have been charged with second-degree murder after video evidence allegedly showed them holding Irvo Otieno down for 12 minutes as he lay, handcuffed, on the floor of Central State Hospital. The Commonwealth's Attorney alleged that the deputies smothered Otieno and pepper-sprayed him in his cell. The prosecution also claimed that the deputies washed the handcuffs used to restrain Otieno, returned them to their police cruiser, and did not call Virginia State Police until 3 and a half hours after Otieno's death.