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Elected Judges More Punitive Just Before Elections
Elected Judges More Punitive Just Before Elections
by Gary Hunter
Research compiled by Gregory A. Hubner of Yale University and Sanford C. Gordon of New York University revealed that trial judges hand out more prison and jail time to defendants just before they come up for reelection.
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