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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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