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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Holly Ramer

9/11 victims' fund architect slams changes to New Hampshire abuse settlement program

Youth Center Abuse - (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

An attorney who helped design and implement the 9/11 victims’ compensation fund says New Hampshire lawmakers have eroded the fairness of a settlement program for those who were abused at the state’s youth detention center.

Deborah Greenspan, who served as deputy special master of the fund created after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, recently submitted an affidavit in a class-action lawsuit seeking to block changes to New Hampshire’s out-of-court settlement fund for abuse victims. She's among those expected to testify Wednesday at a hearing on the state's request to dismiss the case and other matters.

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