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$1.4 Million for Nevada Man Wrongly Imprisoned Over 20 Years
by Dale Chappell
After more than two decades behind bars for a murder he didn’t commit, Fred Steese walked into a Las Vegas courtroom on March 1, 2021, to be awarded $1.4 million by the state but no apology. In fact, Steese was forced in 2012 to accept a plea ...
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- Comply or Die: The Only Truly Compliant Person in a Police State Is a Dead One, by John W. Whitehead
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