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When research partnerships face ethical dilemmas in exposing systemic failures

My research partner and I have been documenting patterns in wrongful convictions in our county, but she wants to publish findings that implicate specific judges and prosecutors while I'm worried about retaliation against our community contacts who are still navigating the system.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The imperative to expose truth conflicts with the responsibility to protect vulnerable sources, revealing the complexity of challenging power from within compromised positions.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Wrongful conviction and structural failure?”

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