Sentencing in inmate’s death
From Times Wire Reports
A former correctional officer convicted in the beating death of an inmate was sentenced in Baltimore to 20 years in prison.
Dameon Woods was convicted of second-degree murder, depraved heart, for the death of Raymond Smoot last year at Baltimore’s Central Booking facility. The charge differs from second-degree murder in that it requires an extreme disregard for human life.
Smoot was beaten and stomped in May 2005 after officers had trouble getting him back into his cell.
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