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New Mexico Political Report
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Debate heats up over pretrial detention

Jennifer Burrill, a public defender in Santa Fe, said she represented a client in recent years who was jailed for 11 months on a charge of attempted armed robbery until his trial โ€” when jurors acquitted him. “Heโ€™s out 11 months of his life,” she said in an interview Monday. “He didnโ€™t have contact with his […]

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