The issue focused on the way police handled and captured suspects who had been charged with murder in cases, according to the suit.

One defendant, identified in court papers as Jerald J. Williams, died of a heart attack, and the other defendant, identified in court papers as David R. Williams, died of a stroke. Prosecutors charged the two of them with first-degree murder.

Prosecutors said that Williams had been convicted of murder after a police officer killed the man's girlfriend and then killed himself