Just Punishment
By Jeralyn, Section Inmates and Prisons
Posted on Wed Sep 10, 2003 at 09:37:16 PM EST
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Posted on Wed Sep 10, 2003 at 09:37:16 PM EST
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An ex-boot camp officer who abused a probationer by plunging his head into a toilet has been convicted of official oppression.
His punishment: two years' probation, a $1,000 fine and 10 weekends (160 hours) scrubbing toilets at the boot camp.
The prosecutor described the guard as "a sadist."
He said [the guard] Vera picked up a 5-foot, 100-pound probationer, "slammed him into a wall, kicked him, stuck his head in the toilet and flushed it."
The jury deadlocked 11 to 1 for conviction on charges he did the same thing to a second probationer. A third probationer has now come forward with the same accusation.
Just desserts.
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