offender42085: Adam Lunn (left), Colorado inmate 192658, born ~1981, incarceration intake at age 40,
offender42085: Adam Lunn (left), Colorado inmate 192658, born ~1981, incarceration intake at age 40, eligible for parole on 02/24/2023 and full release on 08/24/2024; and James O’Brien, Colorado inmate 192659, born ~1969, incarceration intake at age 52, eligible for parole on 09/02/2024 and full release on 09/02/2027Manslaughter Two former Colorado sheriff’s deputies were convicted of causing the death of an intoxicated man by placing him on his stomach and squeezing him into a van to take him to a detox center.The former Boulder County sheriff’s deputies were found guilty of manslaughter in the death of Demetrius Shankling.According to an arrest affidavit, they put the 6-foot tall man, with his hands behind his back, in a compartment that was less than 5 feet long. O’Brien and Lunn had to press on the compartment door to close it, causing Shankling’s leg to get wedged against the inside of the door, the affidavit said. When they reached the detox center the early hours of Sept. 9, 2018, Shankling was unresponsive and not breathing.He died after spending 27 days in a coma, An autopsy found that Shankling died of suffocation because of his positioning, with alcohol and amphetamine as contributing factors. He had a blood alcohol content level of 0.352 and had amphetamines in his system around the time of death, the report says. A 0.352 blood-alcohol content is life-threatening.In closing arguments, the prosecution told jurors that O’Brien and Lunn acted recklessly and disregarded their training on positional asphyxia. The men’s lawyer, argued that the former deputies, who were working an extra shift at the time, were not very familiar with the van.Post 4053m -- source link