BY Associated Press | April 6, 2021
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Nebraska prison officials say a man who had been on death row since 2003 has died. The total number of condemned inmates in the state now stands at 11. Fifty-five-year-old Arthur Gales died Saturday. He was sentenced to death for the 2000 slayings of two children, 13-year-old Latara Chandler and 7-year-old Tramar Chandler, in Omaha. He received a separate 50-year sentence for the attempted murder of their mother, who was severely beaten. The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services said the cause of Gales’ death wasn’t yet known, but he had been undergoing treatment for an unspecified medical condition. A grand jury will investigate, which happens anytime a prison inmate dies in custody.
Authorities investigating after Nebraska inmate attacked
April 5, 2021
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TECUMSEH, Neb. (AP) Law enforcement and prosecutors are investigating after an inmate at the state prison in Tecumseh was attacked and repeatedly stabbed over the weekend.
The attack happened late Saturday morning in the prison’s outside yard, when two inmates cut and stabbed another inmate in his arms and torso, the Lincoln Journal Star reported.
Prison staff found two homemade weapons, and an investigation into the assault has begun. Prison officials say the Johnson County Attorney will review the findings of the investigation to determine whether to pursue criminal charges.
Meanwhile, the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services will go through its disciplinary process to punish the attackers by such means as docking good-time privileges..
This undated photo provided by the Omaha Police Department shows Arthur Lee Gales who was sentenced to death for the November 2000 slayings of his then-girlfriend s two children. Gales died Saturday, reducing the total number of condemned inmates in the state to 11, prison officials said Monday, April 5, 2021. (Omaha World-Herald/Omaha Police Department via AP) Monday, April 5, 2021 7:07 PM EST By GRANT SCHULTE, AP
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) A man who had been on Nebraska s death row since 2003 died Saturday, reducing the total number of condemned inmates in the state to 11, prison officials said Monday.
Arthur Gales, 55, was sentenced to death for the November 2000 slayings of his then-girlfriend s two children. Authorities said he killed 13-year-old Latara Chandler and 7-year-old Tramar Chandler because they were potential witnesses to him severely beating their mother.