Jurisprudence
Imprisoned lawyer James Bell Yager said he filed a civil rights complaint in Indianapolis, claiming that official threats of reprisals were made against him for talking to reporters about fellow inmate Mike Tyson. Yager, serving a 42-year sentence at the Indiana Youth Center for bank embezzlement and forgery, said he asked the U.S. Justice Department in Washington to investigate his claims.
Yager complained that Tyson has received preferential treatment since being assigned to the Youth Center to serve a six-year sentence for rape.
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