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Forgotten man
Associated Press · November 5, 1971
Augusta, Maine -- "Mel" Whittum, a forgotten man for 44 years on the maximum security ward at Augusta State hospital with patient advocate Carroll Ayer (left). The 21-year-old Ayer, an ex-Marine, pushed for Whittum's release after learning that no serious review had been made of his case, despite the fact his six-year prison sentence expired in 1930.
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