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Alan Berlow

Alan Berlow is the author of “Dead Season: A Story of Murder and Revenge.” His writing has appeared in the The New York Times Magazine, Atlantic Monthly and Harper’s.

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Big money arms the NRA

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Held hostage by NRA paranoia

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NRA’s phony gun control

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NRA’s doomsaying sham

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NRA: A lobby for criminals

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Charles Dean Hood, inset: Judge Verla Sue Holland

Ardor in the court, Part 3

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Ardor in the court, Part 2

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

Who would Antonin Scalia torture?

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The politics of injustice

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Ardor in the court

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Death knell for the death penalty?

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Gonzales’ unbelievable argument

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The facilitator

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A Supreme Court shocker

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Janet Reno’s fatal decision

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Texas justice

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Gov. Bush’s office ignored murder confession

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Bush’s big lie

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Prescription politics

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Bitter pills

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Bush’s death penalty dodge

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The hanging governor

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