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Rory Safir

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Criminal Court Speaks Its Own Language. Here Are Three Translations That Matter.

Written by Rory Safir, Forensic Lawyer-Scientist Criminal Defense · · 3 min read The night you’re arrested, someone reads you your rights in English. Then the system switches languages. Booking. Capias. Nolo. Withhold. Docket sounding. I stood next to hundreds of clients as an Assistant Public Defender in the Thirteenth...

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