For a sheriff who frequently talks about demanding accountability, Tony’s threat to turn his back on a city of 87,000 residents is exactly the kind of talk lawbreakers want to hear.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
28 June 2025
Research the London School of Economics (my employer) recently published in Administrative Science Quarterly shows that under certain circumstances, lawbreakers not only go unpunished; they are actively rewarded.
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London School of Economics,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
The 34-year-old man and his 25-year-old girlfriend, both Oakland residents, were charged with being felons in possession of firearms, possessing a machine gun, and possessing property that was stolen from the U.S. Coast Guard in Oakland, court records show.
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Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
4 July 2025
Records show Young pleaded guilty to mail theft and possession of a firearm by a felon.
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Olivia Lloyd
July 3,
Kansas City Star,
3 July 2025
The American project is a patchwork of dreamers and doers, saints and sinners, stitched together by the thread of promise that stretches across generations.
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F. Willis Johnson,
Twin Cities,
10 July 2025
Horses and men, dust and earth, saints and sinners.
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