Ben Trachtenberg’s winning Bar Association essay
by Peter Wagner, January 28, 2009
Friend of PPI Professor Ben Trachtenberg has won the American Bar Association 2009 Ross Essay Contest for Incarceration Policy Strikes Out.
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