LOS ANGELES - The family of a former prison inmate who was shot to death during an altercation with Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies in 2002 has been awarded $4 million by a federal jury. The panel deliberated for several hours Tuesday before awarding damages to 40-year-old Robert Mitchell's nine relatives in a civil-rights lawsuit filed in 2003. The suit initially sought $30 million. Family attorney Dale Galipo said the case involved "the wrongful death of Robert Mitchell, who was unnecessarily and unjustifiably shot to death by a deputy sheriff working for the county of Los Angeles." Deputies responded to...