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November 20, 2019

2 Prison Guards Face Criminal Charges over Epstein Death
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In New York, authorities have brought criminal charges against two
prison guards who were on duty the night serial sexual predator Jeffrey
Epstein reportedly hung himself in a Manhattan jail. The indictments
against them say the two guards were sleeping, shopping online for
furniture and catching up on sports news instead of checking on Epstein
and other prisoners every 30 minutes - and that they then falsified
prison records to claim they had performed their required rounds. The
guards have been charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States
and with making false records.


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