UPDATE TWO: Lawmakers reviewing case of Paris, TX teen

Kim Pearson — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:13:34 -0500

After the Chicago Tribune story referred to in this post about a troubled, incarcerated teenager who accused her guard of sexual assault, the acting director of the Texas Youth Correctional system says he is personally reviewing the case.

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UPDATE: Acquittal in Martin Lee Anderson trial

Kim Pearson — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:58:21 -0500

Apparently, the jury accepted the explanation that Anderson, whose Jan. 2006, videotaped beating sparked a national controversy,died of sickle-cell trait, and not from being hit, kicked, dragged and given ammonia by seven guards and a nurse. Anderson had been sentenced to the camp after he took a joyride in his grandmother's car. The guards punished him because they thought he was trying to avoid exercise.

Last year, I came across a
study that found 10 other deaths of people of African descent in custody that were similarly attributed to sickle-cell trait. The medical basis for the claim is disputed.

The story on the acquittal is here.

Cross-posted at Professor Kim's News Notes
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UPDATE TWO: Lawmakers reviewing case of Paris, TX teen

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