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Despite judge's ruling that Spokane County deleted video evidence in jail death 'to avoid legal'
Despite judge's ruling that Spokane County deleted video evidence in jail death 'to avoid legal obligation,' officials say they correctly followed policyLawyers talked to jurors about constitutional rights. They tried to convince them why their clients were or weren't responsible for Cindy Lou Hill's death. They spoke of negligence, burdens of proof and financial damages.
But for the most part, even though it played a key role in a multimillion dollar federal court case, the attorneys ignored the surveillance footage mystery.
A federal jury on Tuesday awarded $27 million in damages to Hill's estate. NaphCare, the private company that provides medical services to the county jail, has to pay $26.5 million of that figure while Spokane County will have to pay $275,000. NaphCare is appealing the decision.
The verdict's been delivered, but the question of what happened to more than six hours of evidence never got answered in court...
https://www.yahoo.com/news/despite-judges-ruling-spokane-county-150500827.html
