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Oklahoma County Pays $150,000 to Settle Suit Over Jail Suicide
by Derek Gilna
Nathan Daniel Bradshaw, 32, hung himself at the Tulsa County, Oklahoma jail, five days after his arrest on a bench warrant for a larceny charge, and died shortly thereafter in a Tulsa hospital. Last year, county commissioners approved a payout of $150,000 to his family in a ...
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