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The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap Highlight

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this failure of prosecutorial backbone took place during an epic crime wave. On the street, the incidence of crime had been falling almost everywhere. But in America’s boardrooms, it was a different story. It was a very bad time for prosecutors to suddenly become afraid of the courtroom.

— Matt Taibbi and Molly Crabapple

Replicated under Fair Use from The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap by Matt Taibbi and Molly Crabapple. (Pg. 38)