Slaughterhouse Workers Won’t Face Charges
From Times Wire Reports
Workers at a chicken processing plant who were caught on videotape kicking, stomping and slamming chickens against the wall will not face criminal charges, a prosecutor said.
Ginny Conley, head of a state prosecutors’ organization, said that while the incident at the Pilgrims Pride plant in Moorefield was disturbing, it does not warrant criminal charges because “these were chickens in a slaughterhouse.”
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