Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $20,000 for Miscalculating Sentence

Loaded on May 15, 2011

Filed under: Sentencing, Wrongful Imprisonment. Location: Washington.

On December 21, 2006, the state of Washington agreed to pay $20,000 to a former prisoner whose release date was miscalculated by Department of Corrections (DOC) officials.

Lee Harper spent an extra 193 days in DOC custody after DOC staff miscalculated the amount of prior custody credit to which he ...

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