Two N.S. special constables found guilty of criminal negligence in death of intoxicated inmate

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The Crown had argued that the death by suffocation was ‘entirely preventable’ and caused by the constables’ failure to follow basic safety steps in dealing with the intoxicated inmate.

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In his opening statement, prosecutor Chris Vanderhooft told the jury in Nova Scotia Supreme Court that Fraser and Gardner failed to fulfil their duty to care for Rogers, who was highly intoxicated when he was brought to the Halifax police station on June 16, 2016. In 2009, Paul — an Indigenous woman from Indian Brook, N.S. — suffered a stroke in a Truro, N.S., police cell after being arrested for public intoxication, and died in hospital two weeks later, prompting calls for reforms in lockup procedures and an independent inquiry.

Fraser’s defence attorney, David Bright, presented evidence suggesting special constables seldom entered cells or touched prisoners to see if they were conscious.“All of us who work for a living know there are written rules and there are rules. You can’t follow every rule blindly. You have to adapt the rules to your workplace,” the lawyer told jurors during his opening remarks.

 

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keeping people under your charge alive is mandatory in the public service, charges they were found guilty of were deserved, hopefully the guards where they go treat them better than they treated poor Mr Corey Rogers. RIP

How about 'manslaughter'?

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