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California Prison Legal Fund Broke

Loaded on Nov. 15, 1999 by Willie Wisely published in Prison Legal News November, 1999, page 12
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Settlements, State Legislation. Location: California.
by W. Wisely

The California Department of Corrections' $15.5 million legal settlement fund went broke in late March, 1999, three months before the end of the fiscal year, according to an article by Pam Podger in the May 27, 1999, edition of The San Francisco Chronicle Steve Fama, a staff …

 

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