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07-12-2006, 10:27 PM
County agrees to pay in youth strip-searches
By Denny Walsh -- Bee Staff Writer
Published 12:01 am PDT Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Story appeared on Page A1 of The Bee
Sacramento County has agreed to pay $6.28 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over alleged illegal strip searches at juvenile hall, under the terms of a proposal submitted to a federal judge.
The 17-page proposed settlement would allocate $4 million to the 8,166 juveniles booked and strip-searched at juvenile hall between Jan. 1, 1998, and Oct. 1, 2004, according to Mark Merin, attorney for the juveniles.
The proposal, submitted Monday to U.S. District Judge Frank C. Damrell Jr., would allow individual payments of $500 to $9,000. The allocation would depend on the seriousness of the crime for which a juvenile was arrested.
Whole article:
http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/14277066p-15086273c.html
By Denny Walsh -- Bee Staff Writer
Published 12:01 am PDT Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Story appeared on Page A1 of The Bee
Sacramento County has agreed to pay $6.28 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over alleged illegal strip searches at juvenile hall, under the terms of a proposal submitted to a federal judge.
The 17-page proposed settlement would allocate $4 million to the 8,166 juveniles booked and strip-searched at juvenile hall between Jan. 1, 1998, and Oct. 1, 2004, according to Mark Merin, attorney for the juveniles.
The proposal, submitted Monday to U.S. District Judge Frank C. Damrell Jr., would allow individual payments of $500 to $9,000. The allocation would depend on the seriousness of the crime for which a juvenile was arrested.
Whole article:
http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/14277066p-15086273c.html