BALTIMORE (AP) _ A FEDERAL JURY HAS BEGUN DELIBERATING IN A CIVIL TRIAL STEMMING THE DEATH OF A MAN WHO WAS SHOCKED BY A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY WITH AN ELECTRIC STUN GUN.
THE JURY IN BALTIMORE BEGAN DELIBERATING TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
EARLIER, A LAWYER ASKED THE JURY TO FIND THAT A FORMER FREDERICK COUNTY DEPUTY FATALLY SHOCKED THE FREDERICK MAN.
PLAINTIFFS' ATTORNEY GREGORY LATTIMER GAVE HIS CLOSING ARGUMENT IN THE CIVIL TRIAL STEMMING FROM THE NOVEMBER 2007 DEATH OF 20-YEAR-OLD JARRELL GRAY. LATTIMER LIKENED FORMER CPL. RUDY TORRES' ACTIONS TO A MAN KICKING AN UNRESPONSIVE DOG.
BOTH SIDES AGREE THAT GRAY WAS LYING DOWN AND UNRESPONSIVE AFTER BEING SHOCKED ONCE, AND THAT TORRES THEN SHOCKED HIM AGAIN.
DEFENSE ATTORNEY DANIEL KARP SAID IN HIS CLOSING ARGUMENT THAT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE THE SHOCKS KILLED GRAY.
