Oklahoma inmates die after fights
Associated Press
Two Oklahoma State Penitentiary inmates in McAlister have died after suffering injuries from separate fights with cell mates.
Jeremy Lyons was found standing over his dead cell mate, Blake Ford, with his foot on Ford's head.
The second inmate was found dead Monday in an unrelated fight.
According to Warden Terry Crenshaw, the inmate was found in his cell Monday night with sever injuries to his head and multiple wounds. Names of the inmate and cell mate have not been released.
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When people think of prisoners, normally what comes to mind is a criminal. Someone who deserves to be punished and is a bad person. This is not always the case. Perhaps one of the cell mates that died was there because he was wrongly accused. Inmates aren't known to be social, gentle audiences. When I first read over the article, I thought oh, a prisoner died. Well that just might do our justice system a favor. They could've been on death row, or they could've been doing time for something minor. The article does not specifically say, and after thinking about it, it just had me curious. It brings up the point as to whether or not it would've been okay for this to happen to these people depending on their crime. Opinions?