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$2.3 Million Jury Verdict in Florida Man’s Fatal Shooting by Deputies
$2.3 Million Jury Verdict in Florida Man’s Fatal Shooting by Deputies
by David Reutter
A Florida federal jury found the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and two of its deputies liable in a civil rights and wrongful death lawsuit.
The suit stemmed from the July 6, 2012 …
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