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13-Year Detention

A federal judge has given a man who was civilly confined in a state hospital for 13 years another chance at claims his public defenders mishandled his case so badly it amounts to deliberate indifference.

LOS ANGELES – A federal judge has given a man who was civilly confined in a state hospital for 13 years another chance at claims his public defenders mishandled his case so badly it amounts to deliberate indifference.

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