Died in prison
Name not reported
The prosecutor has ruled that a man held at an Arkansas state prison died after another person held there punched him during one of several fights across the state's prisons since July. The prosecutor classified the death as a homicide. The person who threw the punch says they acted in self-defense.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. A prosecutor's account says another inmate punched him during a prison melee, and that inmate says he acted in self-defense.
Reported by: prosecutor.