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Pasadena Jail Death of Inmate Pedro Gonzales

Number 23518
Subject Prisons
Source Houston Chronicle
State TX
Year 2007
Publication Date 15/17; 10/11; 9/27; 9/5; 8/18; 8/4; 8/3; 8/2; 7/27; 7/25
Summary This story exposes how police brutality led to the death of prison inmate Pedro Gonzales Jr. Police orginally blamed the death on injuries from tripping and falling, but Crowe's shoe-leather reporting enabled him to tell a more complete version of the story.
Category Contest Entry
Pages 38
Keywords jail; abuse; open records; FOIA; murder; homicide
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