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September 25, 2015

Michigan: Video Shows Man Slowly Dying Inside County Jail Cell 
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In Michigan, a graphic video has surfaced of a 32-year-old man slowing
dying inside a Macomb County jail after he was jailed for inability to
pay a driving ticket. David Stojcevski was sentenced to 30 days in jail
last June after he was unable to pay a $772 fine. While imprisoned,
Stojcevski went into extreme withdrawal caused by lack of his prescribed
methadone treatment. He lost more than 50 pounds and was eventually
transferred to a medical unit, where he was kept naked and under
constant video surveillance. He stopped breathing on June 27, 2014, and
was ultimately transferred to a local hospital, where he died. Local
Detroit television station WDIV published the video Thursday.

 

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