Jury awards Williams family $10 million in jail death case
Former Sheriff Stanley Glanz will also have to pay $250,000 in punitive compensatory damages. He was sued in his “individual capacity.”
After 17 days, 20 witnesses Elliott Williams’ case headed to the jury
The court heard testimony from more than 20 people over 17 days. Closing statements from both sides are expected to be heard by the jury Friday.
Robinette: Former jail doctor’s practice of injecting inmates with placebos not indifferent
Dr. Andrew Adusei was giving inmates injections of a saltwater “placebo” — apparently because he thought they were faking illness — and giving inmates injections in their jugular veins. Robinette called the issue a “personality conflict.”
Robinette testifies: ‘I don’t know if he was faking or not’
Former Interim Sheriff Michelle Robinette repeatedly contradicts her own deposition about the culpability of jail detention staff in the 2011 death of Elliott Williams in Tulsa’s jail.
Attorneys: TCSO employees omitted former detention officer’s testimony in Williams’ investigation
More than 10 minutes of Tammy Hanley’s interview with detectives was either muted or deleted. In an audio clip played in court Friday, the first 13 minutes of the interview are silent.
Tulsa jail staff’s treatment of Williams ‘disturbing,’ former detention officer testifies
Elliott Williams was devoted to working in his parents’ ministry, his older brother testified Thursday. The siblings were close and saw each other at church three times each week.
Testimony: Jail’s medical director ‘refused’ to check on Elliott Williams
Dr. Phillip Washburn, the jail’s medical director, didn’t respond to several requests from medical staff to examine Williams, a former director of nursing testified Wednesday.
Testimony: TCSO ordered medical staff to falsify records, punished unruly inmates
In one instance, an inmate was “screaming and urinating blood.” Elandia Maloy testified. He needed to see an outside doctor, but jail administration would not approve the inmate to be seen.
“He would scream every night,” she said.
