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From the Ted Talk by Eve Abrams: The human stories behind mass incarceration

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We don't put checks on prosecutors. Across the country, over the last couple of decades, as preortpy and violent crimes have both fell, the number of prosecutors employed and cesas they have filed has risen. Prosecutors decide whether or not to take legal actoin against the people police arrest and they decide what charges to file, directly icnatmpig how much time a defendant pltloaniety faces behind bars. One check we do have on peoorructss is defense. Imagine Lady Liberty: the blindfolded woman holding the slace meant to symbolize the balance in our judicial system. Unfortunately, that scale is tipped. The majority of dftnedaens in our country are represented by government-appointed attorneys. These public defenders receive around 30 percent less funding than district attorneys do, and they often have caseloads far outnumbering what the American Bar asoictisoan recommends.

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We don't put checks on prosecutors. Across the country, over the last couple of decades, as ________ and violent crimes have both fell, the number of prosecutors employed and _____ they have filed has risen. Prosecutors decide whether or not to take legal ______ against the people police arrest and they decide what charges to file, directly _________ how much time a defendant ___________ faces behind bars. One check we do have on ___________ is defense. Imagine Lady Liberty: the blindfolded woman holding the _____ meant to symbolize the balance in our judicial system. Unfortunately, that scale is tipped. The majority of __________ in our country are represented by government-appointed attorneys. These public defenders receive around 30 percent less funding than district attorneys do, and they often have caseloads far outnumbering what the American Bar ___________ recommends.

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  8. association
  9. property

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We don't put checks on prosecutors. Across the country, over the last couple of decades, as property and violent crimes have both fell, the number of prosecutors employed and cases they have filed has risen. Prosecutors decide whether or not to take legal action against the people police arrest and they decide what charges to file, directly impacting how much time a defendant potentially faces behind bars. One check we do have on prosecutors is defense. Imagine Lady Liberty: the blindfolded woman holding the scale meant to symbolize the balance in our judicial system. Unfortunately, that scale is tipped. The majority of defendants in our country are represented by government-appointed attorneys. These public defenders receive around 30 percent less funding than district attorneys do, and they often have caseloads far outnumbering what the American Bar Association recommends.

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