22 May 2008

Isn't there a crime here?

The Washington Post carries a story about a legal Ghanaian US resident, Yusif Osman, who was taken into immigration custody over possible smuggling charges and then died when he was essentially refused medical care. If there isn't a crime, why not? If nothing else there is certainly criminal neglect of someone for whom the guard and the nurse had a duty of care.

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