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$175,000 Paid by California County to Escaped Prisoner Mauled By K-9 During Recapture
by Keith Sanders
On September 21, 2021, an agreement was fully executed by California’s Merced County agreeing to pay $175,000 to a state prisoner who was mauled by a county K-9 when recaptured after an escape.
While held at Mule Creek State Prison in Ione, minimum-security prisoner Zechariah Lee walked ...
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