'Poverty or a prison sentence should not be a death sentence,' asserted campaign co-chair Bishop William J. Barber II after relatives of inmates who died last year told their loved ones' stories.
after she was brutally beaten and literally torn apart by inmates looking for drugs in her private parts.
;“Help us End Dangerous, Inhumane, and Unconstitutional Conditions in West Virginia Jails https://t.co/4TBpGzMexW;�ter state officials said the cause of Burks' death was "natural," his loved ones raised $5,000 for an independent autopsy by Pittsburgh forensic pathologist Cyril Wecht, a former president of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.
Reacting to Burks' remarks, Barber asserted that "poverty or a prison sentence should not be a death sentence." "The mothers and fathers and sisters and brothers and family members of those who have died at the hands of our jail system in West Virginia need and deserve answers," Barber added. "We cannot allow our elected leaders to continue to ignore what is unfolding right in front of them."
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