Washington State Pays $6.4 Million for Failure to Supervise Parolee

Loaded on Nov. 15, 2010 published in Verdict1 November, 2010, page 37

Filed under: Sexual Assault by Parolees, Settlements, Wrongful Death, Murder by Parolees. Location: Washington.

Washington State’s Department of Corrections (WDOC) has agreed to pay $6.4 million to settle claims involving the department’s failure to properly supervise a parolee, resulting in a string of violent crimes that included rape and murder.

The settlements, filed in Thurston County Superior Court, resolved claims filed on behalf of …

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