C.J. Lofton’s family will receive $8.2 million in compensation after the teenager’s death in the juvenile justice system. (Photo by simpson33 via iStock / Getty Images Plus)
A Sedgwick County federal court jury recently awarded C.J. Lofton’s family $8.3 million in compensation for Lofton’s death at the hands of juvenile intake officers. They held Lofton facedown for more than 30 minutes, killing him.
“It’s a good development in the world of prolonged prone restraint in terms of a jury acknowledging how dangerous it is and the fact that it can be fatal,” John Marrese, an attorney for the family, told the Associated Press…