Federal officials will not pursue civil rights violations or other charges against the boot camp guards implicated in the death of a 14-year-old

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Federal officials will not pursue civil rights violations or other charges against the boot camp guards implicated in the death of a 14-year-old who was hit and kicked by the guards while a nurse looked on, the boy’s relatives and their attorney said Friday.Ben Crump, an attorney for the parents of the teen, Martin Lee Anderson, said they were told of the decision during a meeting with representatives of the U.S. Justice Department. The family’s supporters gathered outside the federal courthouse in Tallahassee during that meeting.

Anderson died Jan. 6, 2006, a day after being hit and kicked by the guards. A videotape of the 30-minute incident attracted national attention and led to the closure of Florida’s boot camps for juvenile offenders. Anderson had just been assigned to the camp after he was caught trespassing at a school, which violated his probation on another charge.
A state court jury acquitted the guards and the nurse of manslaughter on Oct. 12, 2007. Federal authorities then began investigating whether the boy’s civil rights were violated.

The Justice Department said in a news release Friday that investigators did not have enough evidence to pursue criminal charges.

The video showed the seven men punching Anderson and using knee strikes against him. It also showed them pushing ammonia capsules into his nose and dragging his limp body around the camp’s yard. The nurse did not appear to intervene in any way during the incident.A coroner initially ruled that Anderson died because of a fatal hemorrhage related to a previously undiagnosed case of sickle cell anemia trait. Protests of that ruling inspired then-Gov. Jeb Bush to order an independent prosecutor to look into the case.

A subsequent autopsy determined that guards killed Anderson by depriving him of oxygen when they pushed the ammonia tablets into his nose and covered his mouth.

The acquittal in the state’s manslaughter case came after a two-week trial in Panama City. Jurors said they agreed with the contention of the guards’ attorneys that the men were employing widely accepted boot camp tactics and that the death was caused by the sickle cell trait.The family also filed civil lawsuits against the state and Bay County that ultimately resulted in a $7.4 million settlement. (AP)

MEXICO, At least 40 prisoners escape from prison Matamoros in Tamaulipas state, north of Mexico City

MEXICO, At least 40 prisoners, Thursday (25/3/2010) escape from prison Matamoros in Tamaulipas state, north of Mexico City, according to local government information.

There are no details about how all these prisoners to escape from the prison. All of these prisoners have been sentenced for committing a criminal offense.

Meanwhile, police personnel from various union and soldiers of the Mexican Army prison guard, while other officers were deployed to the area to catch the return of all prisoners.

80 percent of South Koreans favor the death penalty

Seoul Over 80 percent of South Koreans favor the death penalty, and want more that 50 prisoners had been sentenced to be executed in the country, according to research institute poll of the ruling party on Sunday. The results of a survey conducted through telephone interviews on Friday by Youido Institute of 3049 adults across the country, clearly influenced by the rape and murder of a 13-year-old boy in the port city of Busan, southern South Korea.

Last week the police apprehended Kim Kil-tae, 33, who has made two previous rape, the murder of the girl. According to the survey, 83.1 percent of respondents said the death penalty is necessary to prevent such barbaric crimes, while 11.1 percent opposed it for reasons of human rights and the remaining 5.8 per cent in doubt. “margin of error” to reach 1.77 percent.

Poll results came out about two weeks after the Constitutional Court which consisted of nine men a fatwa issued five to four that the death penalty does not violate the state constitution. South Korean court issued the death penalty was not yet carrying out executions since February 1998 when the Kim Dae-jung, dissident who was sentenced to death in 1980 but later forgiven, became president of South Korea.

Regarding the fate of the 59 prisoners who had been sentenced to death, 91.4 percent said they do not allow execution means breaking the law, according to the survey. The survey results were released after Ahn Sang-soo, the Grand National Party leaders of the ruling, calling for the execution of the prisoner.(Yonhap-OANA)