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Virus-related suspension of legal deadlines worries ACLU

| March 18, 2020 1:27 PM

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Steps taken by Louisiana's governor to fight the spread of the new coronavirus could leave people stuck in state jails for weeks or months without formal legal charges, a civil rights group said Wednesday.

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