Guard gets prison despite claim inmate wasn’t vulnerable during beating at CNY prison. ‘Wow,’ judge says

Marcy, NY — A defense lawyer’s last-ditch efforts Monday to spare a guard from prison for beating an inmate at a Central New York state prison fell flat.

Defense lawyer David Longeretta argued that the beaten inmate wasn’t actually vulnerable because he wasn’t physically restrained at the time.

“Wow,” U.S. District Judge Brenda Sannes responded…

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