News about Billy Kennedy

Thomas Lee Rutledge, 44, died in his Alabama prison cell on December 7, 2020, when his body temperature hit 109 degrees. His family has since filed a lawsuit alleging that his employees deliberately caused his death and dismissed inmates' complaints about the extreme heat. An investigator looked in on Rutledge the night he died, describing one opening to his door as "hotter than three hells." Staff are accused of neglecting the warnings of a leaky air conditioning unit and failing to fix it leading up to Rutledge's death.