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Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $850,000 to Family of Victim Killed by Drunk Driver Under Community Supervision
Loaded on May 15, 2009
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2009, page 31
On April 16, 2008, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) settled a lawsuit brought by the family of a woman killed by a drunk driver under DOC community supervision for $850,000.Charles Roberson III was placed on community supervision by the DOC in 2003 for possession of a controlled substance. ...
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