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DEAN RUTZ / THE SEATTLE TIMES
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Tiny office says it can save state money on sex-offender defense

ON MCNEIL ISLAND: Superintendent Kelly Cunningham stands above the Special Commitment Center, where the state houses the worst sex offenders. Legal costs eat up about one-quarter of the center's $50 million budget each year.