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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Todd Richmond

Charge against former Wisconsin warden in inmate deaths is reduced to a misdemeanor

Wisconsin-Prison-Death-Investigations - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Prosecutors have reduced a felony misconduct charge against a former Wisconsin prison warden implicated in two inmate deaths to a misdemeanor as part of a plea deal, online court records indicated Monday.

Hepp was charged with felony misconduct in office in June 2024 in the deaths of Cameron Williams and Donald Maier at the Waupun Correctional Institution, the state's oldest maximum security facility. He announced his retirement days before he was charged.

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