$50,000 to Settle CA Jail Beating Suit

Loaded on Oct. 15, 2000 published in Verdict1 October, 2000, page 15

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Damages, Settlements. Location: California.

In April 2000, Sacramento county paid $50,000 to settle a prisoner's excessive force lawsuit that two Sacramento county jail guards, later fired for assaulting another prisoner, also beat him. Troyd Ransom was in the Sacramento county jail on a parole hold in February 1999, when guards Dan Berringer and Mark ...

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