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$12,000 Settlement Reached in Washington Parolee Wrongful Death Claim

Loaded on Nov. 15, 2011

Filed under: Sentencing, Wrongful Release, Murder by Parolees. Location: Washington.

A $12,000 settlement was reached in a wrongful death suit against the State of Washington and Pierce County.

Tracy Joe Enoch-Jevne was convicted on four separate DUI counts spanning from February 1996 to December 1998. Due to an error, she was mistakenly released early on her last DUI conviction from …

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