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Chris Opfer

articles/2013/03/18/fifty-years-later-right-to-lawyer-remains-unfunded-mandate/130317-supreme-court-gideon-tease_h2ftrb
No Counsel

Gideon’s Broken Promise

The landmark Supreme Court ruling promised everyone a lawyer, regardless of ability to pay. The promise isn’t being kept, reports Chris Opfer.

Chris Opfer

articles/2012/07/08/use-of-red-light-and-speeding-cameras-increases-but-some-protest/red-light-camera-laws-opfer_edykxc
RED LIGHT

Say Cheese! States Fight Traffic Cameras

Cities and towns across America cite evidence that traffic-camera technology saves lives, but some critics argue the technology is more cash cow than anything else. Chris Opfer reports.

Chris Opfer

articles/2012/05/14/washington-d-c-law-seeks-to-limit-late-night-jail-releases/late-night-jail-releases-opfer_ipa5wc
Prisoners’ Rights

Peril of Late-Night Jail Releases

Inmates freed late at night may be put in danger. Chris Opfer on D.C. legislation to curb the practice.

Chris Opfer

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