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Judi Lynn

(160,545 posts) Wed Nov 1, 2017, 10:53 PM Nov 2017

Kentucky jail guard sentenced to 10 years for beating inmate to death

Source: UPI

By Ray Downs | Nov. 1, 2017 at 9:35 PM

Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A former Kentucky jail supervisor was sentenced to 10 years in prison Wednesday for his role in the beating death of an inmate, the Department of Justice said.

Damon Wayne Hickman, 40, pleaded guilty on Nov. 9 to using excessive force against the detainee, deliberately ignoring the detainee's serious medical needs and obstruction of justice.

The guilty plea stems from a 2013 incident at the Kentucky River Regional Jail when Hickman and his accomplice, former jail guard William Curtis Howell, 60, "violently beat" 54-year-old inmate Larry Trent, who was awaiting trial on a DUI charge, "and left him in his cell, seriously injured and bleeding from an open head wound," the DOJ said. Trent died from the injuries soon after the beating.

The assault began when Hickman and Howell opened Trent's cell door to remove a sleeping-mat. Trent ran out of the cell and Howell used a stun gun to subdue him. As Trent lay on the ground, Hickman kicked him in the ribs "without justification" before dragging him back to the cell where he and Howell continued to beat him.

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Kentucky jail guard sentenced to 10 years for beating inmate to death (Original Post) Judi Lynn Nov 2017 OP

10 fucking years? Beaverhausen Nov 2017 #1

Should have gotten 10 years per strike. N/t christx30 Nov 2017 #12

Good. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2017 #2

I hate to admit this but the moment I saw the headline about him getting Doreen Nov 2017 #3

I thought the same thing. AJT Nov 2017 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author mobeau69 Nov 2017 #5

I meant white. Doreen Nov 2017 #6

Yeah, I thought of that and deleted my question. mobeau69 Nov 2017 #7

I think the reason he did not get more time is simply because the white guy was still a criminal. Doreen Nov 2017 #8

According to the artcle he was awaiting trial---not a criminal yet Angry Dragon Nov 2017 #11

Well I'm sure he's going to have a bunch of fun. snort Nov 2017 #9

I wonder where he will serve his time DFW Nov 2017 #10

This isn't even a prison Bayard Nov 2017 #13

Beaverhausen

(24,470 posts)

1. 10 fucking years?

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Nov 1, 2017, 10:55 PM

Nov 2017

that's fucked up.

christx30

(6,241 posts)

12. Should have gotten 10 years per strike. N/t

Reply to Beaverhausen (Reply #1)

Thu Nov 2, 2017, 08:02 AM

Nov 2017

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,862 posts)

2. Good.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Nov 1, 2017, 10:56 PM

Nov 2017

Too many inmates are abused in too many ways.

I do understand that being a prison guard is a very difficult job, but the solution does not lie in beating prisoners.

Among the solutions are paying guards better and training them better.

I'm aware that in my state (New Mexico) most prisons are desperately short of guards, requiring those working to put in 60 hour weeks which isn't ever good, least of all in a job as stressful as this.

I actually have sympathies on both sides, but in the end human life and dignity trump all else.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)

3. I hate to admit this but the moment I saw the headline about him getting

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Nov 1, 2017, 11:18 PM

Nov 2017

10 years my first thought was the inmate must be white. I went down and sure enough. I know that is not something I should think but with all of the crap that has been going on is it that much of surprise?