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Power To Help Comes With Moral Costs
- Laura initially believed prosecutors could use power to reduce human misery rather than exacerbate it.
- Over time she learned the role also forces agonizing allegiance decisions and moral compromise.
Basement Interrogation That Troubled Her
- Laura Coates watched a colleague use psychological tactics on a Black detainee and feared for the man's safety.
- She questioned those methods and their real-world harm to people in custody.
Victim Arrested At Trial
- Laura discovered a victim had an outstanding deportation order two days before trial and could not warn him.
- ICE arrested the man in the courtroom after she introduced him to testify.