Nation in Brief : TEXAS : Ex-Lawmen Found Guilty of Murder
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From Tines Staff and Wire Reports
Three white former lawmen were found guilty of murder in the 1987 beating death of a black jail inmate. The all-white jury deliberated for about four hours before finding former Hemphill, Tex., Police Chief Thomas Ladner and former Sabine County sheriff’s deputies Billy Ray Horton and James M. Hyden guilty in the death of Loyal Garner Jr. The 34-year-old Florien, La., resident died of head injuries two days after being arrested on drunk driving charges.
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