Utica, N.Y. ― The family of an inmate killed in state prison had a mixed reaction Monday after one officer was convicted and two others were acquitted of his murder by a jury in Utica Monday.

“Today, the jury made the right decision in finding David Kingsley guilty of murder,” the family of Robert Brooks said in a written statement. “While it was hard to see Matthew Galliher and Nicholas Kieffer be given a pass, it highlights the need for systemic change.”

The family said Galliher and Kieffer were doing exactly “what their prison supervisors expected them to do.”

“The guards indicted in this case were not a few bad apples; they were part of a rotten system, doing what state officials have allowed them to do,” said the family, who was not in the courtroom Monday.

The three guards ― King

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