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EDITORIAL: Held without trial: The murder case against Floyd Brown is shaky, and his 14-year detention in a mental hospital without trial is a travesty.(Editorial)

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| August 19, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The News & Observer. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Aug. 19--There are enough substantial questions about the murder case against Floyd Brown that a favorable habeas corpus ruling -- to deliver him from an unconscionably long stint in Dorothea Dix mental hospital -- is justified. Beyond that, the state ought to look into the actions of Anson County authorities who charged Brown with a crime, and had him held for 14 years, with little hard evidence to go by.

Defendants often deny their guilt, and it's possible that Brown did in fact kill 80-year-old Katherine Lynch in July, 1993. Granting him habeas corpus from Dorothea Dix, the state's main holding facility for mentally deficient defendants, won't necessarily save him…

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