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  • Jaycee Dugard: Kidnapping Survivor’s Lawsuit Thrown Out, Federal Government Not Responsible For Her Abduction

    Jaycee Dugard: Kidnapping Survivor’s Lawsuit Thrown Out, Federal Government Not Responsible For Her Abduction

    U.S. appeals court dismissed a lawsuit filed by kidnapping survivor Jaycee Dugard against the federal government for failing to put her abductor behind bars.

    The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed Dugard’s lawsuit that claims she would not have suffered 18 dreadful years in the hands of her abductor, Phillip Garrido, had parole authorities done their jobs and locked him up before the time she was kidnapped.

    With 2-1 votes the Court of Appeals said Dugard cannot sue the federal government because she was not a “specifically identifiable victim” and Garrido was not under federal parole during the kidnapping.

    Jaycee Dugard, in her lawsuit alleged that had authorities responsible in the monitoring watched Phillip closely, they would have withdrawn his parole and put him in prison for repeatedly violating his probation.

    However, Chief District Court Judge William Smith disagreed with the court’s decision and stated in his 29-page dissent said the parole officers’ failure to monitor her abductor was a good reason to hold the government liable.

    JayceeDugard, was abducted at age 11 by Philip and Nancy Garrido on June 10, 1991 while she was on her way to a school bus stop in Lake Tahoe. She was held hostage in a backyard shed and repeatedly raped by Phillip. Dugard gave birth to two daughters when she was 14 and 17. The older daughter is reportedly a plaintiff in her lawsuit.

    She and her two daughters were discovered and rescued in 2009. The Garrido couple pleaded guilty in El Dorado Couty Superior Court in 2011 to rape and kidnapping charges.

    Jaycee Dugard: How She Got Kidnapped

    Phillip Garrido was sentenced to 431 years in prison while his wife and accomplice, Nancy Garrido, will face 36 years to life.

    Dugard and her children received a $20 million settlement in 2010 after investigators determined that state officers had failed in their duty to supervise Garrido.

    Jaycee Dugard Tells Her Tragic Story

  • Jaycee Dugard: Court Rejects Her Lawsuit Against Feds

    Jaycee Dugard was just 11 years old when Phillip Garrido kidnapped her. Garrido and his wife Nancy then held her captive for the next 18 years in a backyard enclosure in which he raped her repeatedly and fathered her two daughters.

    On Tuesday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a lawsuit filed by Jaycee Dugard, alleging if federal parole officials would have revoked Garrido’s parole, she never would have been abducted.

    In a two to one decision, the appeals court said Jaycee Dugard hadn’t been victimized by Garrino at the time he was placed under federal parole supervision, and added there was no way to have known she would become his victim.

    NBC News reports that as a result, “federal authorities in California had no duty to protect her or other members of the general public from him,” according to the court. The decision upheld a lower court ruling.

    Jaycee Dugard alleged in her lawsuit that parole officials should have returned Phillip Garrido to prison for one or more parole violations that took place prior to her abduction, including testing positive for drugs and alcohol.

    It was back in 2009 when Jaycee Dugard was identified and rescued from Phillip and Nancy Garrido. Phillip Garrido took Dugard and her two girls to a parole meeting.

    Phillip Garrido was sentenced to 431 years to life on charges he abducted and raped Jaycee Dugard. His wife, Nancy Garrido, was sentenced to 36 years to life.

    Jaycee Dugard and her two daughters received a settlement in the amount of $20 million from the state of California.

    Are you surprised the court rejected Jaycee Dugard’s lawsuit? Do you think if parole officers had done their job that she might not have been kidnapped and held captive for all those years?

  • Diane Sawyer Live-Tweets Her Jaycee Dugard Interview

    ABC World News Anchor Diane Sawyer is new to the Twitterverse – quite new. Her first tweet came on Friday and over the weekend she has amassed 44 tweets. Sawyer didn’t choose to ease into the service, but rather jump right in with a live-tweeting session.

    Last night, ABC aired her two-hour interview of Jaycee Dugard, the now 31-year-old woman who was kidnapped when she was just 11-years-old. She was taken near her home in South Lake Tahoe, California in 1991 and held captive by convicted rapist Phillip Garrido and his complicit wife Nancy.

    Jaycee was discovered in 2009 after Garrido suspiciously emerged with Jaycee and the two girls that he had fathered with her over the course of her abduction. Authorities became suspicious when the two girls referred to him as “daddy” at the parole hearing, as they were under the impression that he had no children.

    After hours of questioning with Jaycee Dugard, who was identified as “Alyssa” by Garrido, the truth came out and Garrido and his wife were arrested. Convicted of kidnapping, false imprisonment and rape, Garrido was sentenced to 431 years in prison and his wife 36 years to life.

    The whole ordeal enthralled the nation, and last night Diane Sawyer sat down for the much anticipated special with Dugard.

    She announced on Friday in her first tweet that she would be live-tweeting the special –

    @DianeSawyer
    Diane Sawyer    Firing up my thumbs… Thanks all for the welcome. Looking forward to live tweeting w you during #JayceeABC special. Sun 9-11p/E. 2 days ago via Twitter for iPhone · powered by @socialditto

    She then kicked off the live-tweeting of the interview, which was taped earlier this weekend, with this tweet –

    @DianeSawyer
    Diane Sawyer    Big TV night @ABC : almost time for #JayceeABC special. Big night for me: first time live tweeting. Here goes! 12 hours ago via web · powered by @socialditto

    Here are some of the 40 or so tweets from Sawyer during the airing of the interview –

    @DianeSawyer
    Diane Sawyer    This is tough. Book detailed. Important for me that J be comfortable with what she says out loud #JayceeABC 12 hours ago via TweetDeck · powered by @socialditto

    @DianeSawyer
    Diane Sawyer    Mom Terry: Spirited and warm. Eloquent. Fellow Kentucky girl (!) 11 hours ago via TweetDeck · powered by @socialditto

    @DianeSawyer
    Diane Sawyer    Yes, it’s me. How can I prove it? RT @4t9rs: @DianeSawyer West coast here; so it hasn’t come on yet. Is this really you tweeting, Diane? 10 hours ago via TweetDeck · powered by @socialditto

    @DianeSawyer
    Diane Sawyer    A woman did this to another woman’s child. Inconceivable #JayceeABC 11 hours ago via TweetDeck · powered by @socialditto

    @DianeSawyer
    Diane Sawyer    How did this happen? REALLY? #JayceeABC 10 hours ago via TweetDeck · powered by @socialditto

    Sawyer mostly sent out original tweets, but she also interacted with other Twitter users, answering their tweets throughout the interview. Due to her live-tweeting of the special, Sawyer has grabbed up over 11,000 followers in a matter of days.

    The interview relied heavily on information that’s a part of Jaycee Dugard’s new memoir “A Stolen Life.” The book doesn’t hit shelves until Tuesday but has shot up to #1 on Amazon thanks to the Diane Sawyer special last night.

    Here’s a clip of the interview –