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| NYC Council to address death of former Marine in hot cell |
| By marinecorpstimes.com- Jake Pearson |
| Published: 03/27/2014 |
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NEW YORK — Lawmakers plan on asking Department of Correction officials at a budget hearing about a mentally ill inmate who a city official told The Associated Press “basically baked to death” last month in a New York City jail cell that was at least 100 degrees, two of the committee’s members said. Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley, who chairs the committee on fire and criminal justice, will be addressing the case of homeless former Marine Jerome Murdough during the preliminary budget hearing on Thursday, her spokesman confirmed. And Councilman Rory Lancman said he planned on asking “pointed questions” about how the 56-year-old man, whose family said suffered from bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, could have been allowed to die in a mental observation unit where he was supposed to be regularly checked by correction officers. Read More. |
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