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Brickbat: Legal Document

Charles Oliver | 5.5.2017 4:00 AM


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Prosecutors in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, are sending fake subpoenas to witnesses in criminal cases in an effort to pressure them to talk. The subpoenas, which aren't authorized by a judge, falsely threaten fines and imprisonment for failure to cooperate.

Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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