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| Suit filed over killing of Angola inmate |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 01/10/2005 |
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The family of an inmate slain at the Louisiana State Penitentiary last year are suing the prisoner accused of the killing, along with the state corrections department. The state district court suit alleges that Andre Leday, 26, killed Michael Earl Bradford by repeatedly hitting him in the face and head with a large piece of concrete he concealed in the dormitory that housed the two men. The attack occurred Feb. 3, 2004. The suit, which also names Angola Warden Burl Cain, alleges officials failed to provide adequate security for Bradford and did not seek prompt medical attention for the inmate. The state attorney general, through spokeswoman Jennifer Cluck, had no comment on the suit. "It's unfortunate and I'm sorry it happened. That's about all I can say," Cain said. Bradford was serving a 50-year sentence for attempted aggravated rape in Avoyelles Parish in April 1994. Prison officials said Bradford's slaying was the first fatal inmate-on-inmate attack at the penitentiary since 1997. Leday began serving a 40-year sentence from Calcasieu Parish for manslaughter in November 1998. A West Feliciana Parish grand jury indicted him last year on a count of second-degree murder in Bradford's death. |
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