Former West Virginia jail officers plead guilty to civil rights violation in fatal assault on inmate

APNews - 19/11
Two more former West Virginia correctional officers have pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights violation in the death of a man who died less than a day after being booked into a jail.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Two more former correctional officers in West Virginia have pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights violation in the death of a man who died less than a day after being booked into a jail.

As part of plea agreements, Johnathan Walters entered a plea Monday in U.S. District Court and Corey Snyder pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring with other officers to beat Quantez Burks as retaliation at the Southern Regional Jail in Beaver.

Walters and Snyder each face up to 30 years in prison and a fine up to $250,000. No sentencing date for either defendant was immediately announced.

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