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Appeal Discouraged Physician Testifies on Brutal Treatment
Dr. Sam Sheppard testified he spent nine days in the Ohio Penitentiary hole to discourage an appeal of his 1955 murder conviction. He described harsh conditions, including confinement, lack of food and toilet privileges, and being forced to stand in excrement. Ohio corrections official Maury Koblentz disputed parts of the tale and said changes to cell policy occurred years earlier.
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