Why Don’t Miscarriage Victims Get Justice?
Here’s an article by a friend of ours Dr Linda Asquith on the failure to provide aftercare to exonorees.
https://theconversation.com/why-is-it-so-hard-for-the-wrongfully-jailed-to-get-justice-84143
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