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Government

May 6, 2005

Deputies Acquitted

LOS ANGELES - A federal jury on Thursday acquitted two Los Angeles County deputy sheriffs of seven counts of beating and injuring two jail inmates in 2001, then trying to cover up their acts, authorities said.

LOS ANGELES - A federal jury on Thursday acquitted two Los Angeles County deputy sheriffs of seven counts of beating and injuring two jail inmates in 2001, then trying to cover up their acts, authorities said.
        The jury returned the not guilty verdicts against Deputy Abel Jimenez and Senior Deputy Phalance Burkhalter less than four hours after deliberations began, Jimenez's lawyer, Edward Rucker, said.
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