By PHILLIP RAWLS
Associated Press
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A federal judge plans to announce Monday the sentences for four former prison employees who were involved in the fatal beating of an inmate or tried to cover it up.
U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson listened Thursday as family and friends of the defendants described them as good, church-going men with no history of violence, while a prison warden reported that he had counseled one of them about being overly aggressive with inmates. The testimony came during the fourth day of a sentencing hearing.
The four are facing sentencing in the Aug. 4, 2010, beating death of Rocrast Mack at Ventress state prison in Clayton.