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GREETINGS;WHEREAS,theMedicalReviewBoardhasreportedtotheNYSCommissionofCorrectionpursuanttoCorrectionLaw,section47(1)(d),regardingthedeathofRaulPinetwhodiedonAugust6,2010whileaninmateinthecustodyoftheOnondagaCountySheriffattheOnqndagaCountyJusticeCenter,theCommissionhasdeterminedthatthefollowingfinalreportbeissued.FINDINGS;1.RaulPinetwasa31yearoldmalewhodiedfromasphyxiaduringrestrainton8/6/10whileinthecustodyoftheOnondagaCountySheriffattheOnondagaCountyJusticeCenter.Hismannerofdeathishomicide.On8/6/10,neighborscalled'911'atapproximately7;50p.m.torequesthelpforPinetbecausehewaswanderingtheneighborhood,andappearedtobeagitated,paranoid,actingbizarrelyandundertheinfluenceofdrugs.RespondingSyracusePolicebroughthimtotheOnondagaCountyJusticeCenterwherehebecameunresponsivewhilebeingrestrainedinthe'time
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TheMedicalReviewBoard,afterreviewingalloftherecordsandevidence,includingvideographyofthe'timeout'roomrestraintepisode,concludedthatpinet'sdeathwasdueto:Asphyxiaduringrestraint.Homicide.TheBoardrejectedtheconclusionthatPinetdiedfrom"exciteddelirium,"acontroversialdiagnosisnotrecognizedbytheAmericanpsychiatricAssociationandhavingnoscientificbasisofsupport.TheMedicalReviewBoardnotedthatvideographshowedsheriff'sdeputieskneelingonpinet'sbackandneckandthata'spitmask'wasimproperlypositionedonhisface,conditionsthatinterferedwithhisabilitytobreathe.2.RaulPinetwasborninBoston,MA.Hewasmarriedandhadsix(6)childrenfromdifferentrelationships.PinetobtainedhisGEDwhileinprison.Heworkedasasanitationworkerin2006whenhefellfromatruckandbecamedisabled.
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