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While studying criminology at Western Kentucky University, Hall worked for the Kentucky court system, travelling to small-town jails to determine if arrestees should be granted pretrial release.
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James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
The arrestees include 107 university students, 82 children as young as 13, as well as 19 lawyers and 106 doctors.
—CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026
It had been edited, presumably using generative AI, to show the arrestee as weeping uncontrollably.
—Donald Moynihan, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2026
For years, Myles presided over what was then known as bond court, the notoriously chaotic place for first appearances for new arrestees.
—Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
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James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
The arrestees include 107 university students, 82 children as young as 13, as well as 19 lawyers and 106 doctors.
—CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026
It had been edited, presumably using generative AI, to show the arrestee as weeping uncontrollably.
—Donald Moynihan, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2026
For years, Myles presided over what was then known as bond court, the notoriously chaotic place for first appearances for new arrestees.
—Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
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“Arrestee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arrestee. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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arrestee
noun
ar·res·tee
ə-ˌres-ˈtē 
: a person who is or was under arrest
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