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Charges are dropped against 2 hospital employees in psychiatric patient’s death
1 year, 6 months ago

Charges are dropped against 2 hospital employees in psychiatric patient’s death

Associated Press  

DINWIDDIE, Va. — Prosecutors on Tuesday dropped criminal charges against two hospital employees in the death of a man who was pinned to the floor while being admitted to a Virginia psychiatric hospital. Seven Henrico County Sheriff’s deputies and three Central State Hospital employees were charged with second-degree murder in the March 6 death of 28-year-old Irvo Otieno. But on …

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Prosecutor in case of Virginia man killed at psychiatric hospital announces resignation
1 year, 6 months ago

Prosecutor in case of Virginia man killed at psychiatric hospital announces resignation

Associated Press  

DINWIDDIE, Va. — The state prosecutor handling the case against 10 people charged in the death of a Virginia man who was pinned to the floor while being admitted to a psychiatric hospital said she is resigning to attend graduate school in Paris. Baskervill said her acceptance to a master’s program in international governance and diplomacy at the Paris Institute …

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Prosecutor wants 1 trial for 10 charged in patient’s death
1 year, 8 months ago

Prosecutor wants 1 trial for 10 charged in patient’s death

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Seven sheriff’s deputies and three hospital workers should be put on trial together for the death of Irvo Otieno, who was pinned to the floor while being admitted to a Virginia psychiatric hospital, a prosecutor argued Wednesday. She also wrote that the type of asphyxia that caused Otieno’s death is reminiscent of a method of execution in …

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Video shows Irvo Otieno pinned to floor before his death
1 year, 9 months ago

Video shows Irvo Otieno pinned to floor before his death

Associated Press  

DINWIDDIE, Va. — A large group of sheriff’s deputies and employees of a Virginia mental hospital pinned patient Irvo Otieno to the floor earlier this month until he was motionless and limp, then began unsuccessful resuscitation efforts, newly obtained surveillance video shows. Relatives of Otieno were shown video from the hospital last week by a prosecutor, Dinwiddie Commonwealth’s Attorney Ann …

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7 deputies charged with murder in the death of Irvo Otieno
1 year, 9 months ago

7 deputies charged with murder in the death of Irvo Otieno

Associated Press  

DINWIDDIE, Va. — Video from a state mental hospital shows a Black Virginia man who was handcuffed and shackled being pinned to the ground by seven deputies who are now facing second-degree murder charges in his death, according to relatives of the man and their attorneys who viewed the footage Thursday. Speaking at a news conference shortly after watching the …

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7 deputies and 3 others face murder charges in a Black man's death at mental hospital
1 year, 9 months ago

7 deputies and 3 others face murder charges in a Black man's death at mental hospital

NPR  

7 deputies and 3 others face murder charges in a Black man's death at mental hospital Enlarge this image toggle caption Meherrin River Regional Jail Meherrin River Regional Jail Editor's note: This story includes detailed descriptions of violence. "Mental illness should not be your ticket to death," said Otieno's mother, Caroline Ouko, noting that mental health is on the decline …

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Virginia book banning: a Republican's obscenity effort fell apart, but he has a bigger plan.
2 years, 4 months ago

Virginia book banning: a Republican's obscenity effort fell apart, but he has a bigger plan.

Slate  

VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia—A Virginia state court judge dismissed the petitions against two books Tuesday, ending for now an attempt by local Republicans to rule the books obscene. She was referring to the obscure Virginia state law that a Republican state legislator had used in his attempt to declare Maia Kobabe’s graphic memoir Gender Queer and Sarah Maas’ fantasy romance A …

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Book banning: a Virginia Republican’s new scheme has a hidden agenda.
2 years, 4 months ago

Book banning: a Virginia Republican’s new scheme has a hidden agenda.

Slate  

At the end of August, in a courtroom in Virginia Beach, a judge will decide whether to put two books on trial for obscenity. “The sexual content,” Anderson’s petitions declare, “promote felonious sexual encounters when exposed to minors.” The books, he asserts, “go substantially beyond customary limits of candor,” “and accordingly have no serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value …

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