Officials Called It a Heart Attack. Inmates Saw a Bloody Beating.

NEW YORK -- After spending nearly a quarter-century behind bars, John McMillon was counting down to the day that he would be eligible to be released on parole."I'm going home," a fellow inmate recalled him saying.McMillon suffered from mental illness and had disciplinary problems over the years. He was punished for assaulting a guard and for fighting with another inmate, but had then vowed to stay out of trouble, and was looking forward to his parole board hearing.He never made it there.One day