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Litigation

Jan. 27, 2000

Inmate Denounces Guard Who Shot Him

SAN FRANCISCO - In a rare criminal prosecution for alleged civil rights violations, a former Pelican Bay prison inmate told jurors Tuesday that he was shot in the chest by a prison guard, in what the government contends was an intentional shooting because the inmate was mistakenly believed to be a child molester.

By Pamela A. MacLean
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - In a rare criminal prosecution for alleged civil rights violations, a former Pelican Bay prison inmate told jurors Tuesday that he was shot in the chest by a prison guard, in what the government contends was an intentional shooting because the inmate was mistake...

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