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Court: Ex-inmate can continue lawsuit over late release

by Kevin McGILL
| October 22, 2020 12:03 PM

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A former Louisiana inmate who was held about two months after his rightful release date can continue his lawsuit against the prison system employee who stretched out the sentence, a federal appeals court has ruled.

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