Jury Finds Admitted Mastermind of Delaware Prison Riot Guilty in Correctional Officer's Death
- By Marlon Wallace
- Updated
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A jury on Tuesday handed out guilty verdicts on charges connected to the deadly 2017 prison riot at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, in which a correctional officer was killed.
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