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Law firm fights state over prisoner’s forfeiture funds

Money police seize from prisoners during arrests but that prisoners then assign to pay attorneys' fees is not subject to the Missouri Incarceration Reimbursement Act, the Missouri Supreme Court said. An opposite decision could have hampered a prisoner's ability to hire an attorney.    The state sought to seize $4,421 police took from Lorne Bass when he ...

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