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Henry Messenger

Henry Messenger is a writer incarcerated at Great Meadow Correctional Facility in New York, serving a five-year sentence for larceny. He has dedicated himself to self-education, and has written …
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Orion Rummler

Orion Rummler is a reporter for the breaking news team at The 19th. He previously anchored live news coverage at Axios, including the January 6 Capitol attack, the coronavirus …
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Andrea Seielstad

Andrea Seielstad is a professor of law at the University of Dayton.
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Richard K. Zimmerman

Richard K. Zimmerman is Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh.
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Mark S. Roberts

Mark S Roberts is Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Management at the University of Pittsburgh.
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Erin O’Callaghan

Erin O'Callaghan, M.A., is a PhD candidate in the Department of Criminology, Law, and Justice at the University of Illinois-Chicago. She is an expert on sexual violence with an …
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Veronica Shepp

Veronica Shepp, M.A., is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Criminology, Law, and Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago and is currently working on her dissertation …
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Katherine Lorenz

Katherine Lorenz, PhD, is an assistant professor of criminology and justice studies at California State University-Northridge. Her work focuses on sexual violence particularly informal, formal and institutional responses to …
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John Sifton

John Sifton is the Asia Advocacy director at Human Rights Watch.
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Sophie Austin

Sophie Austin is the American University fellow at the Center for Public Integrity. She can be reached at [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter at @sophieadanna.