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From [HERE] and [See Video Here] Prosecutors in the case against a former Kershaw County sheriff’s deputy said Thursday afternoon that they were not nervous as jury deliberations dragged into a second day.

In the end, the prosecutors won a conviction against Oddie Tribble, 51, on a federal civil rights charge for beating a handcuffed detainee. After the verdict, Beth Drake, an assistant U.S. attorney in Columbia, said the jury needed time to review a video of the beating and match it with witness testimony. Plus, it is a hard decision to convict a police officer, she said.

“It’s never a good day when a law enforcement officer is convicted of a civil rights violation,” Drake said.

Tribble faces a maximum punishment of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for violating a detainee’s right to be free from excessive force by a law enforcement officer. His sentencing has been scheduled for May 12 in U.S. District Court in Columbia.

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