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Thursday, January 17, 2008

Story on Bill Relating to Prisoners' Public Records Act Penalties

This Spokesman-Review story (registration required) describes the debate on a bill proposed by Attorney General Rob McKenna to make prisoners' Public Records Act penalty awards payable to the state crime victims fund instead of the prisoner. Attorneys fee awards would be unaffected by the bill.