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Prison Shooting

The Seventh Circuit ruled against prison guards sued by inmates who were wounded when the guards fired shotguns over a crowded prison dining hall, because the injuries are evidence that the guards pointed the guns at the inmates, and not above them, as they had testified. 

CHICAGO - The Seventh Circuit ruled against prison guards sued by inmates who were wounded when the guards fired shotguns over a crowded prison dining hall, because the injuries are evidence that the guards pointed the guns at the inmates, and not above them, as they had testified. 

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