Kansas deputy charged with murder after death of inmate
Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark Dupree said deputy Richard Fatherley was charged with second-degree murder and an alternative count of involuntary manslaughter.
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Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark Dupree said deputy Richard Fatherley was charged with second-degree murder and an alternative count of involuntary manslaughter.
The state of Alabama was criticized by several groups, including the United Nations and the European Union, after it executed a death row inmate Thursday night using the controversial method of nitrogen hypoxia. Kenneth Smith's spiritual adviser said the nitrogen method amounted to torture, but Alabama officials disagree. Manuel Bojorquez has more.
Video showed Gershun Freeman being beaten by multiple deputies in the Shelby County jail. His death was ruled a homicide.
Keishon Thomas died in police custody in February 2022. One of the officers said he had called an ambulance for Thomas, but investigators found he never did, according to a criminal complaint.
The federal investigation follows an uptick in inmate deaths at the Harris County Jail.
The violence was just the latest episode in gang warfare that has come to define Ecuador's overcrowded prison system.
The inmate swallowed a balloon pellet filled with half an ounce of methamphetamine and died at a local hospital.