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An Effort to Hold Prosecutors Accountable
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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Oct 18, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
A legal matrix that incentivizes criminal convictions can motivate unethical prosecutors to bend or break the rules. In New York, a group of law professors is trying to curb that by pushing the system to discipline its own. Reported by Nina Sparling.Find a resource guide and annotated transcript at our website here.
Released:
Oct 18, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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