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$30,000 Paid by Michigan to Prisoner Wrongfully Classified as Sex Offender
by David M. Reutter
On March 6, 2023, a Michigan prisoner dismissed his complaint against officials with the state Department of Corrections (DOC) after agreeing to accept $30,000 to settle claims that he suffered the “stigmatizing consequences” of being falsely classified as a sex offender.
In January 2018, Willie E. ...
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