Op-Ed Writer

Tamar R. Birckhead:

An associate professor of law and the Interim Director of Clinical Programs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She mostly focuses on issues relating to juvenile justice policy and reform, criminal law and procedure, indigent criminal defense, and the criminalization of poverty.
More info on her...

She's written several op-ed articles on many different websites.
For example:

The Chicago Bureau
The Nation.
The Huffington Post (where you can also get updates on her, email her, etc.)

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