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Drug Seizures Pay for Death Celebrations

Loaded on Jan. 15, 2000 published in Prison Legal News January, 2000, page 7
Filed under: Attorneys, Prosecutors, Forfeiture, Death Penalty. Location: Louisiana.
In 1998 the East Baton Rouge District Attorney's Office shelled out $1,291.27 for steak dinners to celebrate three death penalty verdicts. The DA's office used money and other assets seized in drug arrests to bankroll the celebratory dinners at a local steak house.

District Attorney Doug Moreau said the dinners …

 

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