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Justine van der Leun
Justine van der Leun

Aug 11, 2020

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VOICES FROM INSIDE THE SYSTEM

‘My Goal Is to Dismantle the System I Once Defended’

Lola Rainey is a former Arizona county prosecutor who left her work to become an abolitionist

Photo illustration. Source: Martin Schroeder/EyeEm/Getty Images

Voices From Inside the System is a new GEN series where we interview people who have had firsthand experience in industries with especially…

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