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Isn’t that exactly what this article is about? A guy that was released from jail on contempt because it can’t be used indefinitely?

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After a decade in prison without being charged.

He was charged, with contempt.

After a decade.

The standard federal limit is 18 months. An appeals court said that didn’t apply to him because he was violating a plea agreement that he voluntarily entered into.

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