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Patchett’s literary style isn’t of the show-offy variety packed with dazzling sentences and edge-of-your-seat cliffhangers.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
The ringleader ended up pleading guilty and being sentenced to more than 10 years in prison; the other three received sentences ranging from 18 months to five years.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
Both were subsequently handed suspended death sentences on graft charges.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Some of those people have been serving sentences of 37, 41, 60 years.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
During the decade following Redemption, the convict population grew ten times faster than the general population: “Prisoners became younger and blacker, and the length of their sentences soared.”
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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