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Unlawful Imprisonment Nets Ohio Man $25,000
Loaded on June 15, 2001
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2001, page 24
In late 2000 ex-Ohio state prisoner Ricky Carter, 44, agreed to accept a $25,000 award to compensate him for being incarcerated over 13 months past his release date. Carter, who was due to be released March 15, 1998, was instead illegally held until April 28, 1999. Ohio prison official Joe ...
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