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Misconduct in interrogations and trials has sent hundreds of innocent Black men to prison.
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Permeating every moment of Harvey Weinstein’s trial is the disturbing history of sexual-assault prosecution in America.
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New Trump-administration rules stand to block the public from knowing anything about the treatment of migrant children in America’s detention facilities.
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