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D.A. Time | holding bodies: a justice anthology

A young woman feels pressure to plead guilty while kept waiting in jail for 60 days.

“D.A. Time” follows a young woman in New Orleans who has to wait in jail for more than 60 days after a busted weed deal, before even being charged with a crime. This episode explores the uncertainty families face during this waiting game, and the pressures to plead guilty regardless of guilt due to the hardships of pretrial detention and money bail.

AIR DATE 3/12/24

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