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Ashley Smith inquest by the numbers

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Ashley Smith is shown in this still image taken from a coroner\'s video. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO

TORONTO – The inquest into the death of Ashley Smith, 19, in her cell at Grand Valley Institution in Kitchener, Ont., in October 2007, has ended with the jury returning a verdict of homicide. Some key numbers:

Initial youth sentence: 30 days

Cumulative sentence (days): 2,239

Transfers: 17

Institutions: 9

Hearing days: 107

Parties with standing: 13

Witnesses: 83

Exhibits: 228

Document brief: 9,000+ pages

Recommendations: 104

SOURCE: Inquest, The Canadian Press

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