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Texas Woman Wins $125,000 Settlement

Loaded on Feb. 15, 1991 published in Prison Legal News February, 1991, page 4
Filed under: Sexual Assault by Parolees, Victims, Immunity/Liability, Parole Liability. Location: Texas.
A woman won a $125,000 settlement from the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles that may set a precedent for more civil suits involving parole decisions. The woman was raped by a man who had been sentenced in 1977 to 123 years in prison for attacking 21 women. He was …

 

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