Ex-NFL player charged with murder of prison cell-mate

Yahoo Sports | September 2, 2015

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Then-Miami Dolphins' running back Lawrence Phillips, pictured on December 3, 1997, will be arraigned in the death of cell-mate Damion Soward at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano, California (AFP Photo/Rhona Wise)

Los Angeles (AFP) - A former NFL running back convicted of choking his ex-girlfriend into unconsciousness has been charged with murder in the strangling death of his cell-mate in a California prison.

Lawrence Phillips will be arraigned on September 15 in the death of cell-mate Damion Soward at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano, California, in April, the Kern County District Attorney's Office confirmed Tuesday.