New Report Finds Federal Judges Illegally Jailing Defendants
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A new study examines pretrial detention in federal courts.
A new report from the University of Chicago Law School’s Federal Criminal Justice Clinic shows that locking up defendants pre-trial has become the norm in federal court.
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New Report Finds Federal Judges Illegally Jailing Defendants
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A new report from the University of Chicago Law School’s Federal Criminal Justice Clinic shows that locking up defendants pre-trial has become the norm in federal court.
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