SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WMBD)– An Illinois prison guard has been sentenced for civil rights deprivation resulting in bodily injury, death and obstruction of justice. 43-year-old Willie Hedden was sentenced to six years after pleading guilty. He is the third officer to be sentenced in the death of inmate 65-year-old Larry Earvin. In December 2019, a federal […]
Out of sight of security cameras, the three officers threw Earvin head-first into a wall, then kicked, punched and stomped him, Hedden and others testified.
The last of three ex-correctional officers convicted in the beating death of an Illinois prison inmate has been sentenced to six years in federal prison.
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