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This Mississippi Court Appoints Lawyers for Just 1 in 5 Defendants Before Indictment

Mississippi is known as one of the worst states for public defense. In one lower court, most defendants went without any lawyer before indictment.

Jackson • 02.22.2024

The 1990s Law That Keeps People in Prison on Technicalities

How the Supreme Court expanded the most important law you’ve never heard of.

The Lowdown • 05.26.2022

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