As the country grows more partisan, there's increasingly incentives for any elected official to bolster their ability to get elected through partisanship. A few counties around the country consider and adopt policies whereby local county officials could exercise some power over the sheriff. But it remains very hard to oust a sheriff who is abusing their power in some way.
A growing number of county sheriffs believe they hold ultimate power in their jurisdictions. Some have even stopped enforcing state and federal laws they deem unconstitutional. The Marshall Project’s Maurice Chammah explains.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.
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