L.A. agrees to pay nearly $300,000 to settle case of woman who died in LAPD jail cell
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The Los Angeles City Council agreed Wednesday to pay up to $298,000 to settle a legal matter stemming from the controversial death of a woman who authorities say hanged herself in a downtown jail cell. The 13-0 vote was the latest development in a bitter dispute that began soon after Wakiesha Wilson´s...