Kentucky Deputy Jailer Convicted of Assaulting Inmate

A federal jury in Paducah, Kentucky, convicted a deputy jailer at the Fulton County Detention Center of violating the civil rights of an inmate by assaulting him with a dangerous weapon. The jury convicted James Eakes, 54, of willfully depriving an inmate of the right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. According to evidence and testimony, Eakes repeatedly tased inmate L.B. after L.B. cursed at him.