D.C. to pay $2.6 million in deaths of 4 children slain by Banita Jacks

D.C. to pay $2.6 million in deaths of 4 children slain by Banita Jacks

The District will pay $2.6 million to settle a lawsuit brought in the deaths of four children slain by their mother, Banita Jacks, in a case that prompted intense scrutiny of the city’s child-welfare system.