They were arrested for sleeping outside while homeless. Now, these Californians are headed to trial

Wickey Twohands woke up early on the day he was scheduled to go on trial for sleeping outside.

First, he dropped off all his possessions — a bedroll, blankets, clothes and some food — at a friend’s house for safekeeping. Then the 77-year-old caught a bus to the courthouse in downtown Fresno. He arrived an hour early, before his lawyer or even the judge, and took a seat on a bench in the hall to wait.

“I didn’t want to miss it,” he said…

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