Rayful Edmond III participated in an extremely dangerous undercover sting operation inside the Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary and was promised a reduced sentence that never came, he says.
WILLIAMSPORT-Federal prosecutors in the Pennsylvania’s Middle District have been accused of showing a “blatant disregard” for an inmate’s substantial assistance in curtailing a major drug operation inside the Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary.
Edmond began serving the 30 years in February 2021 after his District of Columbia sentence was reduced to 20 years, which he had served. Three first-degree murder counts were severed from the drug charges and later dismissed. The parties agreed they would not be pursued in the future. It was so dangerous, according to a court document, Edmond spent six months in solitary confinement until then Attorney General Janet Reno approved going forward with the sting operation.
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