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Nebraska County Owes $28.1 Million After Wrongfully Imprisoning Six People For Murder

5:55pm March 08, 2019

Gage County, Neb. owes $28.1 million to six people who were imprisoned in 1989 for another man's murder. NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Lincoln Journal Star reporter Chris Dunker about the case.

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Politics & Government

Former Federal Prosecutor Explains Why Manafort's 47-Month Sentence Shocked Her

5:29pm March 08, 2019

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with former federal prosecutor Barbara McQuade about why she was surprised by Paul Manafort's relatively light sentence and about federal sentencing guidelines.

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The members of the U.S. women's national soccer team filed a lawsuit Friday against U.S. Soccer, accusing it of gender discrimination. The starting 11 are seen here before playing Brazil earlier this week in Tampa, Fla.

U.S. Women's Soccer Team Sues U.S. Soccer For Gender Discrimination

5:29pm March 08, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

The lawsuit argues that U.S. Soccer has a policy of paying the women's team less than the men's. "We deserved to be paid equally for our work, regardless of our gender," says player Alex Morgan.

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The Disparity Between Manafort's Sentence And Other Crime Sentences

4:16pm March 08, 2019

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Scott Hechinger, defense attorney and justice reform advocate, about the disparity between Paul Manafort's sentence and some longer sentences given for lesser crimes.

A migrant and his children wait to hear whether their number is called to apply for asylum in the United States, at the border in Tijuana, Mexico.

National

Asylum-Seekers Can Appeal Fast-Track Deportations, Court Rules

3:25pm March 08, 2019

by Matthew S. Schwartz

A 1996 law limited the ability of immigrants to appeal asylum officers' decisions of whether they truly fear persecution in their home country. An appeals court says those limits are unconstitutional.

Clarissa Horsfall joins with others during "A Day Without A Woman" demonstration on March 8, 2017, in Miami. Employment attorneys say they've seen a spike in pay-disparity cases.

Politics & Government

#MeToo Awareness Sharpens Focus On Pay Equity

3:09pm March 08, 2019

by Yuki Noguchi

After #MeToo, many employment attorneys say they've seen the number of pay-disparity cases spike, and employers are having to adapt by conducting investigations and pay audits.

Attorneys for Chelsea Manning — Moira Meltzer-Cohen, left, and Christopher Leibig — speak after she was taken into custody after refusing to answer questions from a federal grand jury investigating the release of documents to WikiLeaks.

Chelsea Manning Is Jailed After Refusing To Testify About WikiLeaks

1:07pm March 08, 2019

by Bill Chappell

Former Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning is back in official custody, jailed over her refusal to testify before a grand jury in a case involving Julian Assange and WikiLeaks.

Politics & Government

Manafort And Cohen Are Going To Prison But Will Trump Intervene?

7:32am March 08, 2019

Rachel Martin talks to former federal prosecutors Elie Honig and Kimberly Wehle about federal sentences, and the likelihood of pardons for President Trump associates Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen.

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Putting Paul Manafort's Prison Sentence Into Perspective

6:44am March 08, 2019

The 47-month prison sentence was far less than what guidelines recommend. Rachel Martin talks to ex-federal prosecutor and Georgetown University Law professor Paul Butler about sentencing disparities.

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News Brief: Paul Manafort, House Anti-Semitism Vote, Tornado Aftermath

6:03am March 08, 2019

Paul Manafort, former Trump campaign chairman, is sentenced to 47 months in prison. House votes to condemn anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry. Funerals begin for victims of a tornado in Alabama.

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