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Jaycee Dugard's Lawyers Seek Sanctions Against Feds

Posted: 6:24 PM Aug 7, 2012
Reporter: Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Attorneys representing Jaycee Dugard are demanding a judge sanction U.S. Department of Justice lawyers for alleged witness tampering.

In court papers filed Monday, Dugard's attorneys allege that DOJ lawyers unfairly convinced the former chair of the U.S. Parole Commission to cease serving as Dugard's expert witness in her lawsuit against the federal government.

Dugard alleges U.S. parole officials are partly to blame for her abduction and 18 years of captivity at the hands of a convicted rapist paroled after serving 11 years of a 50-year sentence.

Dugard's lawyers are seeking a verdict in their favor because of the DOJ's actions. She and her two children have already received a $20 million settlement from state of California.

Justice Department officials did not return phone calls and emails seeking comment late Tuesday.