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Attorney General’s Race & Pretrial Detention

Candidates for the New Mexico's Attorney General's position.

10.21.2022 – Gene Grant and the Line Opinion Panel talk through new developments in the race for Attorney General. Pretrial detention has become a major issue in the contest. The panel debates the positions of each candidate.  Host: Gene Grant Line Opinion Panelists:Dede Feldman, fmr. NM State SenatorMerritt Allen, Vox Optima Public RelationsSerge Martinez, professor,…

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Pretrial Detention

Two people sit down for an interview

October 15, 2021 – NMiF senior producer Matt Grubs talks about New Mexico’s pretrial detention conundrum with the director of the Administrative Office of the Courts, Artie Pepin. The office recently asked UNM social researchers to evaluate the 2nd Judicial District Court’s (Bernalillo County) effectiveness at keeping the right people free until trial, an innocence-before-guilt…

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