In 1989, Donald Trump called for the return of the death penalty after five men were charged in the attack and rape of a jogger in Central Park. As President, Trump issued an executive order to withhold funding from cities and states that give judges the option of releasing arrested individuals from custody who are charged with crimes, without posting bail. Defense attorneys and criminal justice advocates see both declarations as labeling poor defendants guilty until proven otherwise: that police and prosecutors are infallible, and if they say someone committed a crime, then that’s enough for a conviction.

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