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The Ballad of Kathryn Johnston

Radley Balko | 7.11.2008 11:49 AM

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Atlanta native Shawn Mullins' latest album includes a tribute to Kathryn Johnston, the 92-year-old woman slain in a botched 2006 drug raid.  Have a listen below.

reason coverage of the Johnston case here. 

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Radley Balko is a journalist at The Washington Post.

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