Forensic examinations identified the cause of death as suffocation due to fracture of the throat bone. Yet, a local court pardoned the nine prison guards and acquitted them of responsibilities for the death of the French man.

• 法医鉴定结论是喉骨碎裂引起窒息死亡，而内华达州一家地方法院却于2月底判定这9名看守的行为可以原谅，不必对勒曼之死负刑事责任。