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$75,000 Settlement In Washington Parolee Sexual Assault Suit

Loaded on May 15, 2007

Filed under: Sexual Assault by Parolees, Immunity/Liability, Parole Liability. Location: Washington.

In 1993 the Washington State Department of Corrections gave Melanie W.
Watters a $75,000 stipulated judgment for being raped by George M. Boggs,
Jr., who was a parolee from the Washington State Department Of Corrections.
On March 16, 1991, the plaintiff was abducted from a tavern in Olympia, WA,
and ...

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