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From the Editor
Loaded on Dec. 19, 2017
by Richard Resch
published in Criminal Legal News
January, 2018, page 10
Filed under:
Editorials.
Location:
United States of America.
by Richard Resch
Happy New Year and welcome to Criminal Legal News (“CLN”). If you’re reading this, you’re likely familiar with the Human Rights Defense Center (“HRDC”) and its companion publication, Prison Legal News (“PLN”). We’ve sent the first issue of CLN to all current PLN ...
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