Incumbent Robert Morgenthau and challenger Leslie Crocker Snyder are contending for one of the nation’s most visible law enforcement posts. So should their supporters really be scuffling in the streets? (Leslie Eaton, New York Times, Sept. 8).
Chronicling the high cost of our legal system
by Walter Olson on September 9, 2005
Incumbent Robert Morgenthau and challenger Leslie Crocker Snyder are contending for one of the nation’s most visible law enforcement posts. So should their supporters really be scuffling in the streets? (Leslie Eaton, New York Times, Sept. 8).
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