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Dec 2019
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Check Out Our New Investigative Podcast,...

LOUISVILLE PUBLIC MEDIA
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From the newsroom that brought you the Pope’s Long Con, check out our newest podcast, Dig. In the first season, we bring you the results of a yearlong look at how rape cases are investigated in Louisville. What we’ve learned: here, the police defer to prosecutors on rape cases — and prosecutors reject the vast majority of cases presented to them. Due to this ... Show More
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