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Loaded on May 15, 2008 published in Prison Legal News May, 2008, page 42
Filed under: News, News in Brief. Location: United States of America.
Alabama: On September 11, 2007, Morgan County Community Corrections Director Alison Nix resigned her job as head of the county?s sentencing alternative program after the Community Corrections and Court Services Commission voted to fire her after it was learned she was improperly billing the county $504 for mileage on fraudulent ...

 

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