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| Prisoner Charged With Cellmate's Death |
| By recordnet.com |
| Published: 09/10/2010 |
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STOCKTON - A prisoner at Tracy's Deuel Vocational Institution found dead in June was killed by his cellmate, according to a criminal complaint filed by San Joaquin County prosecutors. John Joseph Lydon, 37, was convicted previously of murdering a cellmate at another California state prison, so this new charge carries a special circumstance, making him eligible for a death sentence. If prosecutors prove their case against Lydon, this will make the second time in three years that a prisoner at Deuel has murdered a fellow inmate in the same cell. Lt. Gilbert Valenzuela, a Deuel spokesman, said Lydon and his alleged victim, 49-year-old Jonathan Guy Alexander, were housed together in the sensitive-needs unit designed to protect vulnerable inmates. Read More. |
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hey john. i hope you get the help you need.i love u