Six Georgia inmates have been granted reduced sentences for saving a sheriff's deputy who collapsed during a work detail. The prisoners at Polk County jail got their sentences cut by 25 percent after saving an officer who passed out on June 12, CNN reported Thursday. The deputy suffers suffered from a chronic medical condition that became agitated by the heat outside.The deputy was on detail supervising the inmates perform lawn maintenance at a cemetery when he collapsed. The six inmates sprang into action, instead of fleeing, after the officer began hyperventilating before passing out. "When he started breathing, it was...
