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DOJ Awards $10, 233 to LEPC for Prosecutors and Public Defenders Program

The USVI Law Enforcement Planning Commission (LEPC) has received the grant from the U.S. Department of Justice in support of the John R. Justice Prosecutors and Public Defenders Incentive Program.

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