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A Case That Never Should Have Returned
Miguel Angel Medel Lopez was deported from the United States multiple times, convicted of serious sexual crimes against young children, and still managed to return to Clallam County — where the public is now paying to prosecute him all over again. As indigent defense costs continue to rise and court resources are strained by retrials, this case exposes systemic failures that left children vulnerable and taxpayers footing the bill.
The Victims Must Come First
On Christmas Eve, Miguel Angel Medel Lopez, 44, was booked into the Clallam County Jail on charges including first-degree rape of a…
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