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13-Year Pretrial Confinement

A man who was civilly confined in a state hospital for 13 years has tentatively settled claims his Los Angeles County public defenders mishandled his case so badly it amounts to deliberate indifference.

LOS ANGELES - A man who was civilly confined in a state hospital for 13 years has tentatively settled claims his Los Angeles County public defenders mishandled his case so badly it amounts to deliberate indifference.

Categories / Civil Rights, Regional

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