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A Bestselling Author Became Obsessed With Freeing a Man From Prison. It Nearly Ruined Her Life.

After the success of her novel Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen spent years trying to prove a man’s innocence. Now she’s “absolutely broke” and “seriously ill,” and her next book is “years past deadline.”

Feature • 03.24.2021

The DAs Who Want to Set the Guilty Free

‘Sentence review units’ would revisit harsh punishments from the past.

News • 03.20.2018

A One-Man Justice Crusade in North Carolina

Before there was a conservative push for reform, there was ‘Bev’ Lake.

Feature • 07.29.2015

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