Auckland, California – A federal jury was subjected to a dead end for the second time in the trial of a former reform officer accused of sexual abuse of four prisoners in a federal female prison that is now closed in California.
Prosecutors said that Daril Wayne Smith, who worked at the Federal Correctional Foundation in Dublin, attacked women in their cell and in the washing room in prison between 2019 and 2021. He faced 14 sexual assault charges.
The jury, who have been trading since September 18, have not been able to Ktvu-TV I mentioned. In March, Smith faced similar charges in a trial that also ended in dizzy.
Defense attorneys in both trials argued that there is no DNA, no criminal evidence, no video monitoring, and there are no diaries to prove what the government claims.
Michelle Lu, a spokeswoman for the US Prosecutor’s Office, thanked the jury for their service, but she will not comment on whether the prosecutors will help Smith for the third time.
Achievement of Associated Press In 2022, it revealed a culture of abuse and cover -up that lasted for years in FCI Dublin, about 20 miles (30 km) east of Auckland. These reports have increased auditing from Congress and pledges from the Federal Prison Office that it would fix problems in prison, which was eventually closed last year.
In a statement on Thursday, the California Alliance for Women expressed its disappointment due to the lack of a ruling in the Smith case. However, the Da`wah group indicated that nine other FCI Dublin reform officers, all of whom acknowledged that they were either guilty or guilty by jury bodies of various sexual crimes.
Previous prison, Ray Garcia, Condemn In late 2022 guests of guests and forcing them to be naked in their cells. He was He was sentenced to six years in prison In prison.
“We will direct our anger by developing the movement to address the root causes of this systematic violence and bring survivors home from the offensive prison office,” said Emily Shapiro, an advocate in the coalition.