13 WTHRIndiana officials argue two shouldn't leave hospital
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Indianapolis - Two mentally disabled men placed indefinitely in an Indiana state hospital until they might become competent to stand trial on child molesting charges want to be released to group homes or other community-based care.
But the state says the men are too dangerous for such settings. The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana argues in a lawsuit that Steven Thomas of Indianapolis and Derrick Dausman of Kosciusko County may never be fit for trial and they don't belong in Logansport State Hospital.
But the state Family and Social Services Administration says the men's doctors say they are making progress toward competency.
The Indiana Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in the case Wednesday.
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