Inmates Who Saved Guard Who Collapsed Get Reduced Sentences
Source: NBC News
by AMANDA PROENÇA SANTOS
Time off for good behavior indeed.
Six convicts are getting their sentences shortened after saving a guard who collapsed on duty last Monday in Polk County, Georgia.
The deputy, who wished to remain anonymous, collapsed during a work detail at a local cemetery with six inmates who he'd grown to know well from working alongside for seven hours a day, five days a week, reported NBC Atlanta affiliate WXIA.
"I started coughing spells, and every time I got those, I'd get hotter," the deputy told the station. "It was just harder to keep up... I just finally went down after a couple of minutes doing that."
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