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Exclusive: ‘I believe I watched him die,’ says former inmate as murder charges filed against Missouri corrections officers
Five former corrections officers are facing a combination of assault, manslaughter and murder charges over the December 8, 2023, death of Othel Moore Jr., a former inmate at a maximum security prison in Jefferson City,
Former Missouri prison guards plead not guilty to murder in death of Black man
Four former Missouri guards have pleaded not guilty to murder in the December death of a Black man in prison, and a fifth has pleaded not guilty to accessory to involuntary manslaughter.
After inmate death, lawmaker calls for more oversight of Missouri prison system
Lovasco’s plans to press for the creation of an ombudsman’s office came after four former Missouri prison guards pleaded not guilty Monday to murder in the death of Othel Moore, 38, who was pepper-sprayed and left in a position that caused suffocation on Dec. 8.
Three former prison officers plead not guilty to felony murder of Othel Moore
Three former prison officers charged in the death of Othel Moore, an inmate at the Jefferson City Correctional Center, pleaded not guilty at the Cole County Courthouse Monday. The arraignment follows a press conference held on Friday where an attorney for Moore's family likened the incident to the killing of George Floyd.
4 Missouri Prison Guards Charged With Murder in Death of a Black Prisoner
The man, Othel Moore Jr., died of positional asphyxiation on Dec. 8 of last year at the Jefferson City Correctional Center in what the medical examiner’s office called a homicide.
Missouri prison staff charged with murder in death of restrained, pepper-sprayed inmate
Othel Moore, 38, was pepper-sprayed in the face multiple times, restrained and had his face improperly covered by a hood before his December death.
4 Missouri prison guards charged with murder, and a fifth with manslaughter, in death of Black man
Four Missouri prison guards have been charged with murder, and a fifth with accessory to involuntary manslaughter, in the December death of a Black man who was in custody at the Jefferson City Correctional Center.
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Things to know about the case of Missouri prison guards charged with murder in death of a Black man
Othel Moore Jr., 38, the man who died, fell victim to “a system, pattern and practice of racist and unconstitutional ...
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Corrections officers face murder charges in death of Othel Moore
State Rep. Marlene Terry of St. Louis called the alleged murder of inmate Othel Moore in the Jefferson City Correctional ...
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Three former corrections officers arraigned over inmate death at Jefferson City
Three of the former corrections officers charged in connection to the death of an inmate at the Jefferson City Correctional ...
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The charges stem from alleged events on Dec. 8, when Moore was pronounced dead at the Jefferson City Correctional Center.