Corey G. Johnson is a staff writer at The Marshall Project. His work has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and won the Gold Medal from the Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE). You can follow him at @CoreyGJohnson or reach him at cjohnson@themarshallproject.org.
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