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Oregon DOJ Intentionally Destroyed Records; Target of Abusive Criminal Investigation Settles Suit for $1 Million
Loaded on Oct. 15, 2013
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2013, page 54
The Oregon Department of Justice (DOJ) deliberately destroyed emails and withheld records related to a botched high-profile criminal investigation, a state court found. One of the targets of that investigation filed a lawsuit against the DOJ which recently settled for $1 million.
Filed under:
Misconduct/Corruption,
Government Misconduct,
Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct,
Disclosure of Records.
Location:
Oregon.
In August 2010, Oregon Attorney General John R. ...
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