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Lynn N. Rivers: reclaiming my time, is he told what he is charged with or what he has done wrong?

On the recordJune 22, 2000
reclaiming my time, is he told what he is charged with or what he has done wrong?
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Lynn N. Rivers
Michigan

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Questioning the rights of individuals in legal proceedings.

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