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    Sep 30, 2010, 11:55 PM
    Can you sue the police department for false information?
    The police department told my family and the news paper that I was wanted for murder yet they never had a warrant I never committed murder
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    Oct 1, 2010, 05:13 AM

    "they never had a warrant I never commited murder"

    Ah, but were you a suspect? Did they want to "bring you in for questioning"? If so, to say that you were "wanted" may have been technically true.

    Whether you have a case for defamation depends upon a lot more things than you have as yet shared.
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