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56 °F Forecast | Road Cams Thursday, April 14, 2005 Today's News | Classifieds | Autos | Homes | Jobs | Tempo | Health | Community | Home Delivery SECTIONS Home Page Local News Sports Business Obituaries Life Opinion Tempo AP News Weather Classified Archives Site Map SPECIAL SECTIONS Since We Asked Outdoor Journal Menu Guide How To Guide Health Readers' Choice Real Estate Showcase Real Estate Guide Joy Magazine Homelife Magazine Wedding Guide Passport to the Rogue Valley SHOP OUR VALLEY AutoFinder HomeFinder JobFinder Classified Place an ad TOP JOBS EXTRA Ashland News NIE Personals Movie Times TV Times E The People Volunteer Moving here? eSouthernOregon CUSTOMER SERVICE FAQ's Advertise with us Home Delivery Employment Contact Us Media Kit Oregon Road Conditions & Cams Email Story to a Friend April 14, 2005 Since You Asked Headline, copy erred on prison deaths Did you say in Monday’s Since You Asked headline that all deaths occurring in the jail were considered homicides? The last I heard a homicide was defined as the death of a human being at the hands of another human being. Since all of the Oregon prison deaths you cited were ruled natural causes or accidents, and one was still being investigated, only one death could possibly have been a homicide. Either I am mistaken, or you are making a flat wrong statement that is misleading a lot of readers. Please correct me if I am wrong — and thanks for a terrific feature. — George S., Central Point Thank you, George, for being so generous in the face of our editing error. A dubious headline topped a Since You Asked that was later edited, making it even more confusing. Such is the newspaper business, on occasion. But it’s a new day! So we’ll do our best to make it right. Here’s the portion that was mistakenly edited out: All deaths in prison are considered homicides as a matter of policy until Oregon State Police rule otherwise. Notifying police in an inmate’s unattended death simply parallels procedures in free society, said Perrin Damon, spokeswoman for the Oregon Department of Corrections. Yet even predictable deaths in prison are treated with an extra measure of caution, she said. "We have to assume ... the worst until we can prove otherwise," she said. Send questions to "Since You Asked," Mail Tribune Newsroom, P.O. Box 1108, Medford, OR 97501; by fax to 541-776-4376; or by e-mail to [email protected] . We’re sorry, but the volume of questions received prevents us from answering all of them. Mail Tribune Home | Local News | Sports | Business | Obituaries | Life | Opinion AP News | Archives | Site Map | Community | Classified Copyright © 1997-2005 Mail Tribune, Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Website Feedback Student Loan Consolidation Conference Calls - $50/Month Home Security Systems Trunks, Footlocker, Trunk, Footlockers home equity loans helzberg Distance Education Diamonds Slippers Student Loans afsa teleconferencing Memory Foam Mattress w2 forms Tatoo Fasa Advertisement s