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* R. Kelly found guilty of sex trafficking. Really shouldn’t be surprising that a guy that called himself the Pied Piper of R&B lured youth. [New York Post]
* A district attorney is about to dismiss 60k weed convictions. About damn time. [Los Angeles Times]
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* One shot for two, please: study finds COVID vaccination helps boost baby’s immunity in utero. [CTV News]
* Alabama would rather spend $400M investing in slavery than combat COVID. [Vanity Fair]
* Check out how Emily Dillan is balancing being an advocate with getting her JD. Maybe there is hope that some lawyers are good people. [ABA Journal]
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Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s. Before that, he wrote columns for an online magazine named The Muse Collaborative under the pen name Knehmo. He endured the great state of Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at [email protected].