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Subject: justice, nice and swift, just as it should be by freakd on 2006/10/6 22:51:23 I guess they can no longer be called non-violent criminals. Inmate awaiting child porn trial beaten to death in jail John Derek Chamberlain, 41, of Mission Viejo was in shower when inmates attacked, officials say. By KIMBERLY EDDS The Orange County Register SANTA ANA ? An inmate awaiting trial on child pornography charges was beaten to death in a shower at the Theo Lacey Branch Jail by a group of fellow inmates Thursday night, officials said. John Derek Chamberlain, 41, of Mission Viejo was arrested Sept. 14 on suspicion of having child pornography with intent to sell. He pleaded not guilty Sept. 18 and his trial was scheduled for Oct. 24. Chamberlain was awaiting his trial in a section of the jail that houses nonviolent criminal offenders, sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino said. He was in the shower at about 6:30 p.m. Thursday when an unknown number of inmates attacked him, he said. "They kicked him ? they beat him while he was in the shower," Amormino said. "Then they dragged him to another location near his bunk and they beat him some more." Chamberlain was transported to UCI Medical Center in Orange, where he was pronounced dead at 7:30 p.m. "Not every move is being monitored," Amormino said. "They are being held for nonviolent crimes. The guard isn't standing there watching them shower." A total of 140 inmates were being held in that section of the jail at the time. Sheriff's investigators are interviewing the 140 inmates who are being held in that section of the jail at the time. :thumbright: |
