Carrie Johnson on her reporting that uncovered pervasive abuse of clerks by some judges
Carrie Johnson knows the American justice system inside and out. Her very first job in journalism was at the Legal Times in 1996, then a decade at the Washington Post and then 15 years as NPR’s justice correspondent — decades covering the closed world of the federal judiciary. But even for a seasoned pro, trying to crack open that world can be tricky.
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