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"76 billion opioid pills: Newly released federal data unmasks the epidemic ," by Scott Higham , Sari Horwitz and Steven Rich, Washington Post, July 16, 2019
"6 Figures That Tell the Story of the Death Penalty in America," by Mariel Padilla, New York Times, December 17, 2019
"18 Years After 9/11, Why Is Guantánamo Still Open?," by Andrew Boyle, Just Security, October 09, 2019
"100 Jewish Lawyers Stand Against Judge Accused of Using Racist Slurs Toward Inmate," by Angela Morris , Texas Lawyer, September 05, 2019
"Federal court in Atlanta suspends jury trials until 2021," by Bill Rankin, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, September 29, 2020
"Federal court orders Texas prison system to provide hand sanitizer for some geriatric inmates during pandemic," by Jolie McCullough, The Texas Tribune, September 29, 2020
"ICE preparing targeted arrests in ‘sanctuary cities,’ amplifying president’s campaign theme," by Nick Miroff and Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, September 29, 2020
"Court Sets Up Showdown Over Outside Health Review of Guantánamo Prisoners," by Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, September 30, 2020
"Michigan to be sixth state with automatic conviction relief," by CCRC Staff, Collateral Consequences Resource Center, September 30, 2020
"COVID, cash bail and ‘drive-by therapy’: a deadly combination," by Kelan Lyons, CT Mirror, August 18, 2020
"Inmate video gives peek inside Alabama prison during quarantine," by Mike Cason, AL.com, August 18, 2020
"Proposed law seeks to bring public defender funding closer to DA’s," by Nicholas Chrastil, The Lens, August 17, 2020
"Lawmakers advance more than a dozen proposals reducing but not eliminating cash bail," by Riley Snyder, The Nevada Independent , August 18, 2020
"License plate tracking for police set to go nationwide," by Alfred Ng, CNET, August 18, 2020
"Public defender report underscores need for additional resources," by Olivia Covington, The Indiana Lawyer, August 19, 2020
