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What 2021's top five high-profile cases taught me

Salon's Editor at Large D. Watkins breaks down five law cases that taught him something different about America's legal system this year. From the long-awaited trial of singer R. Kelly to bringing the three killers of Ahmaud Arbery to justice, Watkin...

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