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They said her disabled brother died in Marion prison naturally. A lawsuit alleges otherwise.

NPR | By Jaclyn Diaz Published June 24, 2023 at 7:19 AM EDT   Warning: Photography and videography below includes graphic imagery. For more than 12 years, Kymberly Hobbs had taken care of her older brother, Charles “Chuck” Givens. “I’m like his mother,” Hobbs said. She’s still looking after him, even after his death. Givens died last […]

Client wasn’t lovin’ it: Wells Fargo loses arbitration case over McDonald’s stock

Finra arbitrators order the firm and a broker to pay about $500,000 to a former McDonald’s franchise owner after an options trading snafu. April 10, 2023  |  By Mark Schoeff Jr.   |  Investment News Norman H. Williams alleged that Wells Fargo Clearing Services Inc. — doing business as Wells Fargo Advisors — and firm broker Frederick Robert […]

Henrico officials won’t release documents in Irvo Otieno’s death

By Patrick Wilson, Apr 1, 2023 | Original Article https://cdn.field59.com/RICHMOND/b5c97decac401f4379e8740c2812691f78ddca25_fl9-720p.mp4 Despite numerous requests from the Richmond Times-Dispatch and Irvo Otieno’s family for information in the death of the 28-year-old, state and Henrico County officials have withheld key records about his treatment at Central State Hospital or have refused to answer questions. Officials have been so tight-lipped […]

7 Virginia deputies charged with 2nd-degree murder in death of Black man who was ‘smothered’ in custody, prosecutor says

By  Sara Smart, Michelle Watson, and Eric Levenson, CNN Thu March 16, 2023 at 6:17 PM EDT | Original Article Seven sheriff’s deputies in central Virginia were arrested and charged with second-degree murder Tuesday in the death of a Black man who prosecutors say was fatally “smothered” while in custody. Irvo Otieno, 28, died on March 6 […]

Video shows Va. deputies pile on top of Irvo Otieno before his death

By Salvador Rizzo and Laura Vozzella and Samuel Oakford March 22, 2023 at 9:03 a.m. | Original Article Seven sheriff’s deputies and three hospital workers have been charged with murder in the case. Surveillance video from Central State Hospital in Virginia shows law enforcement officers and medical staff piling on top of Irvo Otieno before his death. […]

Jury awards $4 million in Virginia prison death case

By Luca Powell | Dec 18, 2022 | Richmond.com On the day before Robert Boley’s death, the prison nurse wouldn’t see him. Court records detail how, at the urging of his fellow inmates, Boley lay down in front of the prison medical bay, in the hopes that Arleathia Peck, the on-duty nurse, would take his […]