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Seventh Circuit: Claim for Unlawful Pretrial Detention Accrues on Date of Release

Loaded on March 15, 2019 by Douglas Ankney published in Criminal Legal News April, 2019, page 24
Filed under: Appeals, Overdetention. Location: United States of America.

by Douglas Ankney

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has held that the accrual date for claims for arrest and detention without probable cause is the date the detention ends.

Maurice Lewis was confined in the Cook County Jail for over two years awaiting trial on charges ...

 

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