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Boot Camp Staff Acquitted in Teen's Death

By Robert Siegel,  Trimmel Gomes
Published October 12, 2007 at 1:00 PM PDT
This story was published more than 17 years ago.

A Florida jury has acquitted seven former boot camp guards and a nurse of manslaughter in the death of a 14-year-old boy. The videotaped altercation showed the guards hitting and kicking Martin Lee Anderson.

Robert Siegel talks with Trimmel Gomes of Florida Public Radio.

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Robert Siegel
Prior to his retirement, Robert Siegel was the senior host of NPR's award-winning evening newsmagazine All Things Considered. With 40 years of experience working in radio news, Siegel hosted the country's most-listened-to, afternoon-drive-time news radio program and reported on stories and happenings all over the globe, and reported from a variety of locations across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. He signed off in his final broadcast of All Things Considered on January 5, 2018.

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