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Dallas County won't defend four deputies involved in shady jail death

The Dallas News' Kevin Krause reported yesterday that:There was an interesting development this morning in the case of former Dallas County inmate Corey Bailey, who died in 2008 after a violent confrontation with sheriff's guards. Bailey's mother, Cathy, is suing the county and five jail guards in a federal wrongful death lawsuit filed last year. She is alleging the guards used excessive force in June 2008 and failed to get Bailey needed medical treatment. She also is questioning the official cause of death, saying drugs did not play a role. County commissioners voted this morning to hire an outside lawyer, Marc Richman, to represent four of the five jail guards who are being sued over the altercation that led to Bailey's death. The district attorney's office concluded there would be a conflict if the county defended the guards...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on May 05, 2010 (boomark / email).