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The city of Aurora, Colorado agreed to pay $60,000 each to four
rape victims in order to prevent them from suing the city for
negligence and shoddy police work, according to the Associated
Press. The four were victims of a serial rapist who police
released after he admitted to molesting an 8-year old boy. City
officials reportedly feared that if the case had gone to trial
it would have bankrupted the jurisdiction.
The AP reports that the arrest warrant for the rapist, Brent J.
Brents, was delayed for over a month awaiting the signature of
an Aurora detective. Brents admitted to assaulting at least 10
women and children, most of them after Aurora police declined to
arrest him, according to the AP. The perpetrator was ultimately
sentenced to more than 1,300 years behind bars in July of 2005.
Sources:
“City Agrees to Pay $240,000 to 4 Rape Victims,” Associated
Press as reported on MSNBC.com, January 31, 2006.
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