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Evidence Fall 2025
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OPTIONAL: Why The Trial Penalty Must Go

by Christina Swarns, Executive Director, Innocence Project

Prof. Nina Chernoff

Faced with the threat of severe sentences, innocent people can and do plead guilty.

OPTIONAL: Why The Trial Penalty Must Go

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