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This article focuses on civil litigation arising from the death of inmates and prison employees at New York's Attica Correctional Facility in September 1971. In the months and years that followed the Attica events, a myriad of criminal and civil cases made their way through the courts. The purpose of this article is to draw together arid analyze litigation resulting from New York State's retaking of Attica Correctional Facility following the 1971 prisoner uprising. A multifaceted strategy was utilized to this end. To interested observers the events at Attica appeared prima facia to involve numerous criminal acts by both inmates and agents of the state. One or more inmates were clearly responsible for the beating death of Officer William Quinn during the first moments of the uprising, and for the murder of three prisoners in the days before the retaking. In 1977, with the criminal cases abruptly terminated, attention turned toward the myriad of civil lawsuits brought against the state by former Attica inmates, hostages, or their estates. |
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