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Meet Gus Puryear: Bush's Latest Villainous Nominee for a Lifetime Judgeship
Loaded on April 15, 2008
by Silja JA Talvi
This exclusive article was first published on Alternet, at: www.alternet.org/rights/84388 and www.alternet.org/rights/84491By Silja J.A. Talvi, AlterNet
Posted on May 5, 2008, Printed on May 7, 2008
Editor's Note: In 2004, Estelle Richardson's lifeless and battered body was found on the floor of a Corrections Corp. of America prison cell. ...
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