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Part One: The Cash for Kids Scandal

Behind the Bastards

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The Dog's Ready for the World

Violent crime in the United States almost quadrupled between 1960 and 1991 by 1995 serious crimes including homicide. Crime is by 95 starting to drop again, but right at around the time crime was beginning its fall that continued up until fairly recently,. 24 hour news in the internet really started to get going. And stories about violent crime and crimes directed against particularly white suburban people were hugely popular. Crimes committed by teenagers against particularly that demographic were like the easiest way to get fucking eyeballs on screen.

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