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Report: Jaycee Dugard's $20M Settlement Approved
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| Updated: Thursday, 01 Jul 2010, 1:59 PM EDT Published : Thursday, 01 Jul 2010, 1:59 PM EDT
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Posted on 07/01/2010 11:28:13 AM PDT by poobear
Californias state legislature approved a $20 million settlement for kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard Thursday, The Sacramento Bee reported.
Dugard was kidnapped as an 11-year-old near her home in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., in 1991 and held captive for 18 years by Phillip Garrido and his wife Nancy. She was kept in a secret backyard prison and bore two of Garridos children before being discovered in August 2009.
Dugard, now 29, and her family filed claims against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in February alleging it failed to monitor Garrido, a convicted sex offender.
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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: 2manylawyers; dugard; dumbparoleofficer; greed; greedylawyers; jayceeupdate; lousyparoleofficer; lousypo; stupidpo
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They'd better take the settlement now before the IOU's are printed up!
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posted on
07/01/2010 11:28:21 AM PDT
by
poobear
To: poobear
I wonder if the IRS will declare it taxable income.
To: poobear
Sucks for the taxpayer, but they need to cough up the money.
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posted on
07/01/2010 11:30:14 AM PDT
by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
To: Jewbacca
When you think how many unworthy people collect ... she deserves it!
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posted on
07/01/2010 11:31:31 AM PDT
by
BunnySlippers
(I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
To: poobear
I don’t know what to say. It’s just too weird. The state did fail though, No doubt.
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posted on
07/01/2010 11:31:51 AM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
(What)
To: thethirddegree
I don’t think so. It makes her whole.
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posted on
07/01/2010 11:32:29 AM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
(What)
To: poobear
Why does it always have to be somebody’s “fault”? $20 million, what a bunch of crap. It’s a terrible story but no one “deserves” anything!
To: poobear
An interesting point. I hope they have J.G. Wentworth on speed dial.
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posted on
07/01/2010 11:33:49 AM PDT
by
IrishCatholic
(No local Communist or Socialist Party Chapter? Join the Democrats, it's the same thing!)
To: poobear
Dugard, now 29, and her family filed claims against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in February alleging it failed to monitor Garrido, a convicted sex offender.
So will any of the officers and agents of this department face any penalties whatsoever? Firing, loss of cushy pension benefits? Or does the penalty fall entirely on us hapless taxpayers?
To: IrishCatholic
ROFL!!! I hope they have J.G. Wentworth on speed dial.
To: poobear
Make a proportionate reduction in every CDC employees pay. Maybe they will keep an eye on each other , just like employees in private enterprise seek to prevent the company from getting sued .
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posted on
07/01/2010 11:42:45 AM PDT
by
kbennkc
(For those who have fought for it freedom has a flavor the protected will never know .F Trp 8th Cav)
To: poobear
The California Taxpayers are found guilty of another crime.
wow.
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posted on
07/01/2010 11:53:33 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(Just say NO to conservativecave.com, it rots your teeth!)
To: BunnySlippers
The kidnapper should be the one who pays up. Not the taxpayers.
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posted on
07/01/2010 11:54:53 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(Just say NO to conservativecave.com, it rots your teeth!)
To: the_devils_advocate_666
>>”Its a terrible story but no one deserves anything!”<<
WTF?
Sometimes there is “fault” and this case proves it. She deserves everything she got.
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posted on
07/01/2010 11:57:41 AM PDT
by
panaxanax
(Keep plucking those chickens and boiling that tar. There's a party coming in November!)
To: the_devils_advocate_666
Why does it always have to be somebodys fault? $20 million, what a bunch of crap. Its a terrible story but no one deserves anything!
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So, you are suggesting that you, in the event that your daughter was kidnapped at age 11, held by a convicted sex offender for 18 years, fathering children with her, would find no fault with the government agency charged with monitoring sex offenders, given that they failed miserably and routinely time and time again?
Sorry, I don’t believe you.
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posted on
07/01/2010 11:57:46 AM PDT
by
dmz
To: poobear
She does deserve the compensation and maybe twice as much.
While this is a sad case of State or county agents themselves causing the problem; legislation was passed and represents more of a shut up and go away payoff.
Because none of the individuals, policies or political corruption which actually caused this can be brought into review or to be found at fault; I believe that every person, manager and officer who was responsible should be fired with prejudice or have to pay themselves.
Nonetheless, the citizenry are held at fault and responsible to pay and not those actually responsible.
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posted on
07/01/2010 11:58:48 AM PDT
by
ntmxx
(I am not so sure about this misdirection!)
To: Jewbacca
My take on this whole settlement: If the fat cat bureaucrats would get merit pay instead of sitting on their fat @sses waiting for their lifetime pension benefits maybe she would have been found sooner.
$20 million? That probably goes out monthly to retired security guards!
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posted on
07/01/2010 11:59:12 AM PDT
by
poobear
To: kbennkc
Make a proportionate reduction in every CDC employees pay. Maybe they will keep an eye on each other , just like employees in private enterprise seek to prevent the company from getting sued . That's a great idea. Way too good for government to implement though.
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posted on
07/01/2010 11:59:55 AM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: kbennkc
Make a proportionate reduction in every CDC employees pay. Maybe they will keep an eye on each other , just like employees in private enterprise seek to prevent the company from getting sued . That's a great idea. Way too good for government to implement though.
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posted on
07/01/2010 11:59:59 AM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: GeronL
“The kidnapper should be the one who pays up. Not the taxpayers.”
Sure thing, my FRiend. What’s he have....about $15.00? If the taxpayers don’t like it they should leave CA or elect someone who would monitor sex offenders better.
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posted on
07/01/2010 12:01:48 PM PDT
by
panaxanax
(Keep plucking those chickens and boiling that tar. There's a party coming in November!)
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