Death at a Young Age: Custodial Suicide and Qualified Immunity
Author: Fred Cohen.
Source: Volume 08, Number 05, January/February 2007 , pp.65-69(5)
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Abstract:
While two judges agree on qualified immunity and that ended Perez’s father’s claim for damages the fact remains that a young man in custody is dead by his own hand when his custodians had current information and absolutely knew he was at risk.Keywords: Perez v. Oakland County, Mich., ____ F.3d ____, Comstock v. McCrary, 273 F.3d 693, Danese v. Asman, 875 F.2d 1239, 1244,
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