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The power of sheriffs rooted in U.S. history
by Ed Lyon
Three of the most recognizable and well-known facets of U.S. society originated in England: the language, the writ of habeas corpus and the office of sheriff.
The first sheriff in the colonial United States was elected in Northampton County, Virginia.
There is a popularly elected sheriff in ...
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