SHREVEPORT, La. -- A Shreveport man convicted last month of beating a fellow prisoner to death in the Shreveport city jail in 2022 will serve the rest of his natural life in prison, a Caddo District judge has ruled. Andrew Drew Adaway, 37, was convicted July 22 of fatally beating Bobbie Young on June 3, 2022. District Judge Donald Hathaway Jr. imposed the mandatory sentence Thursday. The sentence must be served without the possibility of probation, parole or suspension of sentence. Adaway killed Young, 72, who had been arrested for various drug offenses and had been brought to the jail shortly before Adaway was booked for misdemeanor simple assault. Adaway was compliant during the booking process but protested when jailers attempted to place him in a group cell following

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