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Milwaukee Inquest Jury Recommends Charges Against 7 Jail Employees in Inmate’s Dehydration Death
The inquest jury investigating the dehydration death of inmate Terrill Thomas at the Milwaukee County Jail last year recommended Monday that charges be brought against all seven jail employees involved. District Attorney John Chisholm asked the jury Monday afternoon whether there was probable cause that seven sheriff’s office employees had committed a felony offense through…
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Still No Criminal Charges Filed Nearly a Year After Inmate Dies in Sheriff David Clarke’s Jail
Nearly a year after 38-year-old Terrill Thomas spent his last living days begging for water in solitary confinement at the Milwaukee County Jail before being found dead in his cell, no criminal charges have been filed in his death. The medical examiner classified Thomas’ death as a homicide and ruled the cause of death “profound…