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The Fear of Too Much Justice

Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts

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The Death Penalty and the Race of the South

Bob Greene was a public defender in Washington, D.C., for more than 30 years. He says he saw people plead guilty to felony cases without lawyers. Lawyers defended people who fell asleep during the trials of their death penalty clients; some were referred to by racial slur. In his new book, Greene looks at race and mental health disparities that infect America's criminal justice system.

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