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Software Glitch Frees Washington Probationers
Loaded on May 15, 2001
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2001, page 15
A computer error at the Washington state Department of Corrections prematurely released about 70 people from criminal supervision or restitution payments. People convicted of crimes such as robbery, drug possession and assault were suddenly freed from supervision on April 21, 2000, said DOC spokesman Jack Kopp. DOC officials failed to …
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