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Criminal

Nov. 25, 2013

LA County's legal spending topic of heated feud

Amid several ongoing probes into accusations of inmate abuse in the country's largest jail system, a battle over Los Angeles County's legal spending has touched off a bitter debate over transparency and protecting the public interest.


By Omar Shamout


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Amid several ongoing probes into accusations of inmate abuse in the country's largest jail system, a battle over Los Angeles County's legal spending has touched off a bitter debate over transparency and protecting the public interest. The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California has for months claimed that the private law firms hired by the county counsel drag out inmate abuse lawsuits in a...

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