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Thousands of pages of witness interviews, videos and other evidence were publicly released week after The San Diego Union-Tribune intervened in the young woman's family's lawsuit
A San Diego federal judge granted a request Friday to unseal videos and other evidence related to the death of an inmate at the Las Colinas jail in Santee.
The Serna family and news organizations have argued that the public has a right to see the evidence, some of which was presented in open court in a criminal case
The county board could use its budget power to force change on the Sheriff's Department. But it won't step up even after years of grim headlines.
Video evidence remains sealed, despite some of it having been shown in open court previously. Keeping it sealed 'would set a dangerous precedent,' said Union-Tribune editor Lora Cicalo.