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Wednesday, April 23, 2025

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Killed in prison

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A federal judge in California approved a $3.5 million settlement between the state’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the family of Shaylene Graves, who had just six weeks left on her sentence when she was beaten to death by her prison cellmate.

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