inmate deaths

Members of the Nicaraguan Human Rights Center, CENIDH, hold signs against the execution in the U.S. of Nicaraguan Bernardo Aban Tercero in Managua, Nicaragua.

Politics & Government

Texas Set To Execute Nicaraguan National, Despite Legal Controversy

2:55pm August 25, 2015

by Brakkton Booker

Bernardo Tecero was convicted of killing a Texas school teacher. Supporters say he should not be executed because he wasn't informed of his right to contact a consular official.

Latandra Ellington, 36, was serving time for tax fraud at Lowell Correctional Institution when she died.

National

Record Number Of Inmate Deaths Has Florida Prisons On The Defensive

6:27pm March 18, 2015

by Greg Allen

Many of the inmates died of natural causes, but a series of suspicious deaths — against the backdrop of a shrinking budget and staff shortages — has lawmakers calling for a prison oversight board.

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