Dying in custody
King John of England's dirty secret: no-one's safe once they're in his custody (portrait by Matthew Paris, Historia Anglorum (1250s CE) in British Library, Cotton MS Claudius D VI, f. 9v)
The United States has one of the highest rates of people dying in police custody. In medieval England, King John had one of the highest rates of people dying in his pri…
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