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A Legal Client, and a Suicide, in New Super PAC Ad

An ad by a pro-David Dewhurst Super PAC features a Pennsylvania mother as it again hits Ted Cruz over his connection to the developer in the "kids for cash" scandal.

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An ad launched by a Super PAC that supports David Dewhurst features a mother criticizing Ted Cruz, who has done some civil legal work for the developer in Pennsylvania's "kids for cash" scandal. The mother blames "corrupt judges" for putting her son in a juvenile detention center, an experience that preceded the young man's suicide.

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