'Punishment Without Crime' Highlights The Injustice Of America's Misdemeanor System

Posted by Billy Koelling on Saturday, August 24, 2024

Former federal public defender Alexandra Natapoff says 13 million misdemeanors are filed each year in the U.S., trapping the innocent, punishing the poor and making society more unequal.

Punishment Without Crime
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