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Four guards plead guilty in brutal beating death of Black inmate at New York prison
Four officers pleaded guilty to manslaughter and assault in the death of inmate Robert L. Brooks, whose fatal injuries were captured on body camera footage, officials said.
- Four prison guards pleaded guilty in the brutal beating death of Robert Brooks, a Black inmate, at Marcy Correctional Facility in New York.
- Two guards were sentenced to 22 years in prison for first-degree manslaughter, while two others received lighter sentences.
- The beating, caught on bodycam videos, showed Brooks being struck, lifted by his neck, and dropped while handcuffed.
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Four COs plead guilty; four going to trial in beating death of Robert Brooks
Four of the former Marcy prison correctional officers charged in the beating death of inmate Robert L. Brooks pleaded guilty in Oneida County Court Monday morning, Sept. 22. Four others rejected new plea offers and are headed to trial in two weeks.
Four guards plead guilty in brutal beating death of inmate at New York prison
The pleas came two weeks before the start of trial for a group of guards accused in the death of Robert Brooks, who was pummeled while handcuffed at the Marcy Correctional Facility on Dec. 9.
·New York, United States
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