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Published Apr. 29, 2004 in the Louisville Courier Journal

Acquittals in beating of Boyd inmate upset Amnesty International

LOUISVILLE COURIER JOURNAL

CATLETTSBURG — The human rights group Amnesty International expressed disappointment yesterday after three acquittals in the beating and death of an inmate at the Boyd County Detention Center.

"We're trying to figure out what the next step should be," said Mona Cadena, a staff member with Amnesty International in Washington.

Chad Boggess, 27, of Cross Lanes, W.Va., died April 11, 2002, after a beating at the local jail.

A deputy jailer, Robert Price, is serving a five-year sentence in federal prison. Price pleaded guilty in January 2003 to a federal civil rights violation for beating Boggess with a riot baton and using pepper spray on him.

Two other deputy jailers, who had been charged with first-degree assault, were acquitted Monday.

A paramedic who was charged with murder also was acquitted Monday.

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