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Can Prosecutors Be Trusted to Correct Wrongful Convictions?

The Crime Report

Many of them collaborate closely with defense attorneys on case reinvestigation and resolution, exonerating defendants who otherwise had few remaining options. My recent research relies on interviews with prosecutors and defense attorneys from 36 different jurisdictions. Holding Bad Actors Accountable.

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Why Police are ‘Natural Allies’ in the Fight Against Drug Abuse

The Crime Report

The harm reduction organization Eleyvst , the Pennsylvania Recovery Organizations Alliance (PRO-A) , and the data firm RIWI sought to do just that with their new, ambitious public opinion survey. And yet, stigmatizing those who use drugs persists, even as our governments declare the opioid epidemic a public health emergency.

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2020

SCOTUSBlog

After growing up in the segregated South, Drew Days attended Yale Law School, worked as a civil rights lawyer alongside Martin Luther King, Jr., He also taught criminal law and trial practice at the George Washington University School of Law. Drew Saunders Days III. 29, 1941 – Nov. The George H.W.

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New Evidence May Destroy Biden’s Defense in his Classified Documents Case

JonathanTurley

Here is the column: This month, the sudden appearance of Special Counsel Robert Hur caused as much of a stir as Bigfoot suddenly appearing on Pennsylvania Avenue. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at the George Washington University Law School. Jonathan Turley is the J.B. and Maurice C.

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Biden’s “Surprise” Grows With Reported Discovery of Second Batch of Classified Documents

JonathanTurley

With the reported discovery of a second batch of highly classified documents connected to President Biden, the decisions of Attorney General Merrick Garland are fast moving from the inexplicable to incomprehensible. Jonathan Turley is an attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School.