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...Antonio Melendez was arrested for attempted murder in Hidalgo County, Texas. Melendez remained in jail 1 1??2 years before the state brought him to trial. Then he was acquitted of attempted murder and convicted of a lesser charge, for which he was only sentenced to probation, meaning he should never have spent the 18 months in jail. He has since filed a lawsuit claiming his right to a speedy trial was denied, and the trial court found there were numerous other inmates in the county jail waiting long periods before trial, some even longer than Melendez...