Mississippi 'Goon Squad' torture defendants get prison terms totaling 130-plus years

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A federal judge has given prison terms of about 10 to 40 years to six white former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to breaking into a home without a warrant and torturing two Black men.

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 District Judge Tom Lee called the culprits' actions &quot&#x3B;egregious and despicable&quot&#x3B; and gave sentences near the top of federal guidelines to five of the six men who attacked Michael&#x20

 

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