2 Ex-Prison Guards Acquitted In Federal Probe
MONROE, La. (AP) — A federal jury has acquitted two former correctional officers of charges stemming from the alleged beating of a handcuffed man.
Kenneth Lamar Dennis, who was a major at Richwood Correctional Center, was cleared Thursday of a charge he beat and used a stun gun on a man who had been arrested in 2004 by the Monroe police for a traffic violation.
Derome Sanchez Proctor, who was a sergeant at the privately owned prison, was acquitted of lying to the FBI and a grand jury about the incident.
Lawyers for Dennis and Proctor said their clients were relieved and eager to move on with their lives.
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