The Return of Debtor's Prison?

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ROB GIBBSEN
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The Return of Debtor's Prison?

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H. Beatty Chadwick, a former corporate lawyer, has been imprisoned in a Pennsylvania county jail for over 13 years even though he has never been arrested, criminally accused or tried. Chadwick is imprisoned on ‘contempt of court’ charges that sprang from a contentious divorce. His case dramatizes an ongoing debate over the use and misuse of civil contempt imprisonment........
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