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If You're Poor, Justice in America Doesn't Look the Same
Being poor has become a crime. And this makes mass incarceration the most pressing civil rights issue of our era.
By Chris Hedges / Truthdig
If you are poor, you will almost never go to trial—instead you will be forced to accept a plea deal offered by government prosecutors. If ...
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