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U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia Chief Judge Leslie A. Gardner imposed a combination of sanctions—evidence exclusion, adverse jury instructions and future monetary penalties—on a defendant who allegedly ignored preservation letters.
– Federal judge sanctions Georgia Department of Corrections after video evidence surrounding prisoner’s death gets deleted in violation of preservation request.
– Spoliation sanction linked to 2022 fatal stabbing of handcuffed Valdosta State prisoner Hakeem Williams by an uncuffed inmate.
– Correctional officer Angela Butler lied under oath about violating safety procedures by placing Williams in cell with uncuffed inmate.
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