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The media have long been suckers for a good panic
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On crime in Golden Valley
A response to two critics of my reporting
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Roundup: Baton Rouge police kept a torture black site, local officials arrest critics and protesters, Texas prepares to execute a man…
Hi all! I’m Radley’s intern, Peter Beck, here again for your criminal justice and civil liberties roundup. Policing Three Baton Rouge Police Department…
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders denies clemency to Charlie Vaughn
The governor offered no explanation for refusing Vaughn, a mentally disabled man who has been in prison for 30 years for a crime he did not commit
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The states of indigent defense: part one
A review of the public defense systems in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, and California
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For just $450, you and Jeff Sessions can honor one of the worst sheriffs in the country
The Claremont Institute plunges headfirst into nihilism
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The perpetual crisis in indigent defense
Which states are are violating the Sixth Amendment by providing inadequate indigent defense? The better question may be, which states aren't?
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