New York, Robert Brooks

After NY inmate Robert Brooks’ death from alleged prison beating, a closer look behind bars
Multiple state, FBI and justice department investigations are underway into the disturbing beating of inmate Robert Brooks by new state corrections officers.
Federal lawsuit filed against prison guards who beat New York inmate to death
The son of an inmate who died after a prolonged beating by New York prison guards said in a federal lawsuit Wednesday that his father’s attackers “systematically and casually beat him to death” in a correctional system that tolerates violence.
Guards "systemically and casually" beat Robert Brooks to death in New York prison, lawsuit claims
The son of Robert Brooks, an inmate who died after a prolonged beating by New York prison guards, has filed a federal lawsuit.
Family of Robert Brooks, inmate killed at Marcy prison, files civil rights suit
The family of Robert L. Brooks, Sr., the inmate killed by a violent beating from correctional officers at Marcy Correctional Facility last month, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the officers involved and the commissioner of the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.
Family of Robert Brooks, beaten to death at upstate NY prison, files civil suit
The family of Robert Brooks, who was beaten to death last month at an upstate New York prison, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Wednesday against the 17 officers under investigation in the case. Brooks,
Family of Robert Brooks announces civil lawsuit after fatal prison beating
Family of Robert Brooks and their attorneys held a press conference to announce the filing of a civil rights lawsuit following Mr. Brooks’ December 2024 fatal beating by correctional officers at Marcy Correctional Facility.
Two federal death row inmates refuse to sign Biden’s clemency paperwork: ‘Does not want commutation’
At issue is the belief by the two inmates – both of whom maintain their innocence –  that Biden’s commutation puts them at a ...
Two death row inmates reject Biden's commutation of their life sentences
Two prisoners who are among the 37 federal inmates whose death sentences were commuted last month by President Joe Biden have taken an unusual stance.
Newsweek9d
Two Death Row Inmates Want to Reject Joe Biden's Clemency—Here's Why
Two inmates on federal death ... I cannot stand back and let a new administration resume executions that I halted." The three men left on federal death row could face execution once their ...
Barron's21d
Footage Shows New York Inmate Beaten By Guards Before Death
Law enforcement in the US state of New York on Friday released "devastating" footage of prison guards beating a Black inmate shortly ... press said the cause of death was "asphyxia due to ...
New York governor orders reforms following inmate death
New York's governor on Monday ordered prison reforms and began the process of firing corrections officers who earlier this ...
The Independent24d
The three federal death row inmates Biden chose not to save
Joe Biden made history on Monday and commuted the sentence of nearly everyone on federal death row to life in prison ... for a 2017 attack in New York that killed eight people.
The New York Times25d
The Three Death Row Prisoners Biden Chose Not to Spare
President Biden commuted the sentences of 37 men on federal death row but declined to save the ... He is from upstate New York. More about Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs ...
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Biden commutes dozens of death row sentences to life without parole
The sentences of 37 of the 40 federal inmates on ... it would seek the death penalty for the white supremacist who killed 10 Black people in a shooting at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store ...