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2nd NJ inmate admits role in death of another

Twenty-two-year-old Devone Kirkland is the second of five inmates charged in the 2010 death of 20-year-old Carl Epps

The Associated Press via NECN.com

FLEMINGTON, N.J. — An inmate has pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in the death of a fellow inmate at New Jersey’s Mountainview Youth Correctional Facility.

Twenty-two-year-old Devone Kirkland is the second of five inmates charged in the 2010 death of 20-year-old Carl Epps of Egg Harbor.

Authorities say Epps was attacked at the Clinton Township prison and died from trauma to the head.

Epps was found lying unconscious on the floor. He was taken to Hunterdon Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

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