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courtroom report- May 18- Ravanna Spencer & Camp Hill SMU

Submitted by andys on Tue, 06/15/2010 - 3:13pm

May 18, Harrisburg PA: After two days of testimony from state prisoners and PA Department of Corrections staff, a six-person jury ruled against Ravanna Spencer in his lawsuit against guards who beat him during a cell extraction at SCI-Camp Hill in 2006.

The verdict came as no surprise to those who’d been watching the antics of Mr. Spencer's court-appointed attorney, J. Palmer Lockard, and is a cautionary tale for anyone forced to rely on an attorney whom they themselves did not choose...(read more @ defenestrator.org)