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Legal Proceedings Continue In Wake Of Prison Escape
By wamc.org- Pat Bradley
Published: 07/30/2015

One case was resolved Tuesday with a plea agreement, but there will still be more legal proceedings in the wake of the escape of Richard Matt and David Sweat from the Clinton Correctional facility.

The two convicted murderers escaped from the Dannemora prison in the early morning hours of June 6th after cutting through walls and pipes and shimmying their way to freedom through a manhole in the center of the village. Three weeks later Richard Matt was dead and David Sweat was wounded and captured.

Now, attention has turned to legal proceedings and investigations.

In the midst of the search, prison tailor shop employee Joyce Mitchell was charged with aiding the inmates in their escape. She pleaded guilty Tuesday to promoting prison contraband first degree and criminal facilitating in the fourth degree. Her lawyer, Stephen Johnston, advised her to accept the plea agreement. “There was overwhelming evidence that she did what she admitted to in court. And number two I was fearful of some additional charges so it seemed like the best thing to do.”

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