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COPYRIGHT 2005 The Dallas Morning News
Byline: James M. O'Neill
Feb. 25--The serious disruptions that Dallas County's courts and jail have encountered for more than three weeks since converting to a new computer system put the county at risk of possible federal civil-rights lawsuits, some legal experts say.
In addition, county commissioners last fall relinquished one of their tools to ensure that the company hired to build the computer system would deliver a product that performs properly. The commissioners waived a requirement that the company, InfoIntegration Inc., carry a performance bond -- a form of insurance in case the system does not perform as required.
Legal experts disagree on how likely civil suits against the county might be and note that the threshold for proving such cases is steep. But they say inmates held in the jail for days beyond their sentence because...
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