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An attorney for Elliott Williams’ estate asked a jury Friday for a verdict of “historic significance” against Tulsa County, including a damage award totaling at least $51 million — $1 million for every hour Williams was “left suffering in his cell.”

“Fifty-one million is what we are asking for,” Don Smolen said during closing arguments in a federal civil rights trial brought by Williams’ estate.

A federal jury deliberated for about two hours Friday afternoon in the trial of former Sheriff Stanley Glanz and the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office, who are accused of violating Williams’ civil rights by not caring for him or getting him medical treatment during his six-day stay in the Tulsa Jail.

The jurors stopped deliberating at 5:30 p.m. and indicated they would return to the Tulsa federal courthouse at 9 a.m. Monday to resume deliberations.

Williams died Oct. 27, 2011, in an isolation cell in the medical unit of the Tulsa Jail.

Prior to his death, Williams had said he thought he had broken his neck while in the jail.

The last 51 hours of Williams’ life were captured on a video recording, portions of which were played to the jury throughout the trial.