State leaders approve settlement in fatal prison attack

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The governor and leading lawmakers on Thursday approved $150,000 to settle a lawsuit stemming from a fatal attack on an inmate at the Lansing Correctional Facility.

The State Finance Council approved the settlement offer to the daughter and brother of Gary Lee Raburn, who was fatally strangled on Jan. 6, 2023, by another inmate serving time for beating an 82-year-old priest.

The lawsuit filed against the state alleged that the prison assigned the 62-year-old Raburn to a cell with someone they knew . . .

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