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| Jury finds inmate guilty of assaulting guard during riot |
| By journalstar.com- Lori Pilger |
| Published: 08/17/2016 |
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TECUMSEH — The state got its first guilty jury verdict Tuesday in connection to the deadly prison riot here on Mother’s Day last year. In closing arguments Tuesday morning, Assistant Attorney General Corey O'Brien asked the Johnson County jury to hold Roger Weikle accountable for the savage and unprovoked attack on a corporal as he tussled on the ground in the prison yard with another inmate who sucker punched him. The brief melee in the yard at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution and the shot that came in response from prison staff trying to protect their own sparked a tinderbox. Read More. |
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