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Former prosecutors who handled violence against women run for Congress
Original: These prosecutors saw how the justice system failed women. Now they’re running for Congress.
A group of former prosecutors who spent their careers seeing how the justice system fails women victims of violence are now running for US Congress. The 19th News reports that their experience handling domestic violence and sexual assault cases is shaping their campaigns, with the candidates arguing the legal system needs reform from the inside and pitching their courtroom backgrounds as qualifications for federal office.
Why now: Their candidacies highlight renewed national attention on how the justice system treats women and on prosecutors entering electoral politics.
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- These prosecutors saw how the justice system failed women. Now they’re running for Congress. · The 19th News
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