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CRIMEJul 4 · 11:00 UTCCHICAGO SUN-TIMESLetters to the Editor

Man's detention over contempt order unjust

Steve Fanady, a disabled options trader, has been detained for four years in Cook County Jail without a criminal conviction due to a civil contempt order from a 17-year-old divorce case. The court continues to hold him based on a 2021 stock valuation without evidence of current holdings, and he argues his detention has become punitive rather than coercive.

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