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Cruel and Unusual
April 23, 2021
Matt Ford
Blame Anthony Kennedy for the Supreme Court’s Mangled Ruling on Juvenile Life Without Parole
The high court’s irreconcilable conflict over the sentencing of young criminals is a product of the mess the former justice left behind.
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Delphine Rodrik
The Seven Cruelest—and Legal—Abuses of Animals in the U.S.
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