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Detention Officers Face Jury Over Inmate Death | Raleigh News
Two Orange County detention officers now face a jury over the preventable death of Maurice King, who died after a brutal inmate assault in March 2020 — a tragedy prosecutors say was worsened by officers’ alleged refusal to intervene to avoid paperwork. Surveillance and court records show disturbing noises from King’s cell, yet no immediate response — a delay the Fourth Circuit ruled could violate constitutional rights. King, 34, with a history of mental illness, was assaulted in his cell, and video evidence contradicts officer claims of seeing two people on separate bunks — since the cell…
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