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New Sentencing Project Report Reveals Scary Increase in Life Sentences

Scary Findings

The troubling reality of America’s prisons is laid bare in a new survey, reports Eliza Shapiro.

Eliza Shapiro

Published Sep. 19 2013 5:45AM EDT

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Eliza Shapiro

Eliza Shapiro

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