Some coöperating witnesses, who pleaded guilty in exchange for lighter sentences, were asked by prosecutors to identify defendants who were aligned with Antifa.
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Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
26 Mar. 2026
Rogers, the prisoners’ rights advocate, said the result is going to be longer prison sentences for people convicted of minor crimes, with more serious offenders already serving more time before being paroled.
But no one reading the book will come away with the sense that studies are often contested, or that many of the findings of social psychology and economics remain unsettled, or that results can be interpreted in many ways.
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Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
Writers said the article emphasized findings that were subjective and susceptible to bias.
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