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A state investigation found Tennessee probation and parole officers who were supposed to be keeping tabs on convicted criminals were doing anything but. Truth is sometimes probation officers claimed to have face to face meetings with the offenders, when in reality the criminal had been dead for almost two decades. Watch Video

A state audit of the Board of Probation and Parole found that employees were making annual arrest checks of at least 82 dead parolees. The parolees had been dead anywhere from less than six months to more than 19 years.