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- ↑ Jackman, Tom, and (as guests) Karol Mason and Lisa Foster, "Guest Post: Some juvenile defendants still denied justice through lack of counsel", Washington Post , December 20, 2016. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
- ↑ "John Jay’s Institute for Innovation in Prosecution and the White House Co-Host a Roundtable on the Role of the Prosecutor", John Jay College of Criminal Justice Retrieved 2017-05-01.
- ↑ "Jeremy Travis". Library of Congress. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
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