Washington DOC Pays $3,275,000 to Family of Deputy Killed by Former Prisoner

Loaded on Aug. 15, 2010 published in Verdict1 August, 2010, page 26

Filed under: Work Release, Escapes, Settlements, Wrongful Release, Wrongful Death, Murder by Parolees, Murder by Escapees. Location: Washington.

In September 2009, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to settle a wrongful death suit filed by the family of a King County deputy who was murdered by a recently-released prisoner.

On December 2, 2006, while responding to a 911 call, Deputy Steve Cox of the King County Sheriff’s ...

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