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    Punished for Crimes Not Proven

    Brett Kavanaugh and the case of Gregory “Boy Boy” Bell
    by Joseph Neff Jul 24, 2018 4 minutes

    After a nine-month trial, a jury convicted Gregory "Boy Boy" Bell of selling crack cocaine, three sales totaling five grams and carrying a sentence in the five-year range.

    Case in Point In “Case in Point,” Andrew Cohen examines a single case or character that sheds light on the criminal justice system. An audio version of Case in Point is broadcast with The Takeaway, a public radio show from WNYC, Public Radio International, The New York Times, and WGBH-Boston Public Radio. Related Stories

    More importantly for Bell, the jury acquitted him of 10 serious charges, including a trafficking conspiracy and a racketeering conspiracy that would have meant decades in prison.

    At sentencing, the judge ruled that Bell had

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