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Defendants’ plea deals feel like a cruel legal tactic

  December 22, 2011

"As a psychologist specializing in post-traumatic stress disorder, most often from childhood sexual abuse, I know the incredible anxiety - the terror, really - and the courage involved for any victim to face his or her alleged sexual violator." -- Marian Kaplun Shapiro

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