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NPR: Do Elected Sheriffs Have Outsized Power In The U.S.?

July 25, 2020

NPR’s Michel Martin talks with Campaign Director Brenda Choresi Carter about our latest findings about America’s Sheriffs.

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Sheriffs are a really unique position within both elected office and the criminal legal system. And in the course of doing our research, we concluded that this is a singularly troubling and problematic position of authority in the United States.

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