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Topic: Criminal Justice System (page 2)

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Is your memory good enough to convict?

Terence Mickey - Memory Motel
Meek Mill (AP/Matt Rourke)

Free Meek Mill

D. Watkins
Milwaukee County Jail

‘Minor’ Offenses Lead to Major sentences

Duaa Eldeib - ProPublica
Jeff Sessions (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Cops, crime, racism and Donald Trump

Amanda Marcotte
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"Life row"—the new death penalty

Rachel Leah
Keith Leroy Tharpe (AP/Georgia Department of Corrections)

SCOTUS saves Keith Tharpe from execution

Sophia Tesfaye
Mark A. Godsey (law.uc.edu/Ryan Kurtz)

He gets innocent people out of prison

Bob Cesca
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Drug sentences and Donald Trump

Amanda Marcotte
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California moves forward on sentencing

Phillip Smith - Alternet

"Strong Island" documentary

Rachel Leah
FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2016, file photo, from left, San Francisco 49ers outside linebacker Eli Harold, quarterback Colin Kaepernick and safety Eric Reid kneel during the national anthem before an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys in Santa Clara, Calif. During an appearance on Fox News Jan. 3, 2017, former Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann slammed the 49ers' decision to give Kaepernick an award for being an “inspirational and courageous” player. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Kaepernick rally

Steve Appleford - Capital & Main
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War on drugs

Dean A. Dabney - The Conversation
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Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color by Andrea Ritchie (Beacon Press)

The policing of black mothers

Andrea Ritchie
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Modern day eugenics

Kali Holloway - Alternet
FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2017, file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions holds a meeting with the heads of federal law enforcement components at the Department of Justice in Washington. When President Donald Trump spoke to the National Prayer Breakfast this month, he underscored his vow to defend the religious rights of the conservative Christians who helped propel him to power. Now, they expect the Justice Department under Sessions will reposition itself as a champion of what they see as that religious freedom. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) ((AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

Sessions wants more assets

Phillip Smith - Alternet
FILE - In this July 25, 2016, file photo, a memorial including a photo of Philando Castile adorns the gate to the governor's residence where protesters continue to demonstrate in St. Paul, Minn., against the July 6 shooting death of Castile by St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights, Minn. Prosecutors announced Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, that Yanez has been charged with second-degree manslaughter in the killing. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File) (AP)

Pro-cop juries are the norm

Kali Holloway - Alternet
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Behind the prison walls

Heather Ann Thompson - The Conversation
Remake of "This is your Brain" ad

Tony Newman - Alternet
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Michelle Wright - Alternet
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Trump's depraved America

Gary Legum
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A man covers his eyes with police tape during a protest, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016, in El Cajon, Calif. Dozens of demonstrators on Wednesday protested the killing of a black man shot by an officer after authorities said the man pulled an object from a pocket, pointed it and assumed a "shooting stance." (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) (AP)

Shima Baughman, Christopher Robertson, Sunita Sah - The Conversation
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When the evidence lies

Daniel Denvir
(Reuters/Lucy Nicholson)

Beyond private prisons

Daniel Denvir
Taylor Schilling in "Orange Is the New Black" (Netflix)

Orange wasn't my new black

Gigi Blanchard
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