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In a Clark County, Indiana Circuit Court case, Destiny Hoffman was jailed for 154 days, during which "no hearing was conducted to determine the validity of such sanction and the defendant was not represented by counsel" according to deputy county prosecutor Michaelia Gilbert.<ref name="Woman lost in system serves 154 days instead of 48 hours; prosecutor filed motion to get her out">{{cite web | url=http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/woman_lost_in_system_serves_154_days_instead_of_48_hours_prosecutor_filed_m/ | title=Woman lost in system serves 154 days instead of 48 hours; prosecutor filed motion to get her out | publisher=American Bar Association | date=28 January 2014 | access-date=31 January 2014 | author=Neil, Martha | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311205503/http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/woman_lost_in_system_serves_154_days_instead_of_48_hours_prosecutor_filed_m/ | archive-date=2015-03-11 | url-status=live }}</ref> An order by Judge Jerry Jacobi<ref name="'A BIG SCREW UP:' Woman sentenced to two days in Clark County jail serves five months ">{{cite web | url=http://www.newsandtribune.com/local/x1427971265/A-BIG-SCREW-UP-Woman-sentenced-to-two-days-in-Clark-County-jail-serves-five-months | title='A BIG SCREW UP:' Woman sentenced to two days in Clark County jail serves five months | publisher=News and Tribune | date=24 January 2014 | access-date=31 January 2014 | author=POPP, GARY | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131070415/http://www.newsandtribune.com/local/x1427971265/A-BIG-SCREW-UP-Woman-sentenced-to-two-days-in-Clark-County-jail-serves-five-months | archive-date=2014-01-31 | url-status=live }}</ref> in the Clark County Circuit Court case was supposed to be a 48-hour jail stay for Hoffman, pending drug evaluation and treatment, "until further order of the court."<ref name="Woman lost in system serves 154 days instead of 48 hours; prosecutor filed motion to get her out"/> After a motion by Prosecutor Gilbert, Special Judge Steve Fleece ordered Hoffman released and said Hoffman’sHoffman's incarceration was “a"a big screw up".<ref name="'A BIG SCREW UP:' Woman sentenced to two days in Clark County jail serves five months "/>