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Legal Gaffe Prolongs Case of Former St. Louis Detainee Held Eight Months After Dismissal of Charges
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2025
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2025, page 25
Filed under:
Overdetention,
Search and Seizure,
Pending Appeal/Sentencing,
Dismissal.
Location:
Missouri.
by Matthew Thomas Clarke
On June 17, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit decided a civil rights complaint brought by former St. Louis jail detainee Michael Jones, who was held eight months longer after his charges were dismissed. Despite the outrageous government conduct in his case, ...
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