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UPDATE - DEATH AT DORCHESTER PENITENTIARY

DORCHESTER (NB), August 26, 2008 - An inmate died of natural causes Tuesday, August 26, 2008, at Dorchester Penitentiary. He has been identified as Michael Irven Godsman. MR. Godsman, who was 49 years old, was serving a life sentence for first degree murder.

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