Federal Appeals Court Re-Instates Brutality Conviction
Federal Appeals Court Re-Instates Brutality Conviction
McGowan denied the assault, but a federal jury in Los Angeles convicted McGowan of the assault, and two other guards of conspiring to cover up the incident. US District Judge Manuel Real overturned the conviction on the grounds that prosecutors had not presented sufficient evidence to suggest that the guards were guilty. A three-judge appeals panel re-instated the convictions and ordered that the guards be sentenced by a different judge because Real may not be able to sentence the defendant in light of his previously expressed opinion.
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