Seven sheriff's deputies in Virginia have been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in the death of an inmate who died while in police custody earlier this month.
Visitors walk toward Building 114, the S.T.A.R. Center, at Central State Hospital in Dinwiddie County, Va., May 17, 2018. Seven Virginia sheriff's office employees have been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of a 28-year-old man at Central State Hospital.Seven sheriff's deputies from Henrico County, Virginia, have been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in the death of inmate Irvo Otieno. Otieno died while in police custody earlier this month.
The seven deputies have been placed on administrative leave, pending the outcome of the cases filed against them.
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