In Alaska in 2015, Justine Paul was accused of killing his girlfriend, Eunice Whitman. For seven years, Paul was kept behind bars awaiting trial, even after evidence against him crumbled.
According to reporting by ProPublica and the Anchorage Daily News, the case illustrates the state’s slow-motion criminal justice system and the fact that half of those behind bars in Alaska are awaiting trial.
Here & Now‘s Robin Young talks to Kyle Hopkins, investigative reporter with Anchorage Daily News and a fellow with ProPublica’s Northwest office.
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