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    Sandra Bland family reaches $1.9mn settlement in wrongful death lawsuit

    September 15, 2016 at 11:03
    A settlement has been reached in the case of Sandra Bland, the black woman who died in July 2015 under suspicious circumstances while in police custody.
    The Bland family attorney, Cannon Lambert, told ABC13 that the wrongful death civil lawsuit was settled for $1.9 million. The Texas Department of Public Safety payment will be capped at $100,000 because of state statute limits and the Waller County Jail will be responsible for the remaining $1.8 million.

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