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Some Are Jailed in Mississippi for Months Without a Lawyer. A Court Just Barred That.

The Mississippi Supreme Court moved to end the “dead zone” before indictment in a notoriously dysfunctional public defender system.

News • 04.14.2023

Life Without Parole Is Replacing the Death Penalty — But the Legal Defense System Hasn’t Kept Up

Just ask a Dallas woman who spent a year in jail without talking to a lawyer.

Feature • 05.22.2021

Two Families, Two Fates: When the Misdiagnosis Is Child Abuse

The power of child-abuse pediatric specialists and parents’ unequal journey toward justice

Feature • 08.20.2020

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