Constitutional Law
May 6, 2008
A Jail Death Gives Plaintiffs' Cases New Life
Andrew M. Stein represented the elderly father of 41-year-old John Derek Chamberlain, who inmates at the Theo Lacy Facility jail in Orange sodomized, stomped, kicked and beat to death on Oct. 4, 2006, under the false impression he was a child molester.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
This article appears on Page 1
SANTA ANA - A report from a special grand jury in April blasted Orange County sheriff's deputies for watching television while inmates in a county jail beat another inmate to death. Every day, the report said, deputies guarding the jail sleep on the job, don't patrol and leave discipline to other inmates to impose by force.
&nbs...
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!
Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)
Already a subscriber?
Sign In