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Juneteenth: Freedom's promise is still denied to thousands of blacks unable to make bail

  • Written by Matthew Larson, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Wayne State University
Juneteenth: Freedom's promise is still denied to thousands of blacks unable to make bailBlack men occupy a disproportionate share of prison cells in the U.S.sakhorn/Shutterstock.com

June 19 marks Juneteenth, a celebration of the de facto end of slavery in the United States.

For hundreds of thousands of African-Americans stuck in pretrial detention – accused but not convicted of a crime, and unable to leave because of bail...

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