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- ↑ "Faculty". American University Washington College of Law.
- ↑ Davis, Angela J. (2009). "Arbitrary Justice: The Power of the American Prosecutor - Oxford Scholarship". Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195384734.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-538473-4.
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