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An Arrest of a Cop
Twice now, and more so, I’ve been made privy to old friends or past co-workers who’ve been under arrest. The most recent was a “now...

The Longview Essays | Jason James Barry
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Our Affinity For Arguing About Gun Violence — While Avoiding Why
The gun violence problem people have been talking about — when did ours begin? I’ve asked this out loud and to myself in the wake of the...

The Longview Essays | Jason James Barry
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A Police Investigation: Glimmers of an Old, Cold Case
When I started looking into some of my father’s old police cases, I didn’t expect to get pulled in so fully, the same way I think he did....

Jason James Barry
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A Time, Unblinkingly, To Follow The Facts
Special to Great Pacific Review | By Jason James Barry Police go where the facts and evidence lead. They need to. They can’t sidestep...

Jason James Barry
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Kohberger: Comparisons to a Serial Killer
There is the impulse to compare suspected murderer Bryan Kohberger to reputed 1970s serial killer Ted Bundy. As facts bear out, we may...

Jason James Barry
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More Than Just About Kohberger’s Hands
A great deal of focus has been placed on vehicle stops by police to view murder suspect Bryan Kohberger’s hands days before his arrest—...

Jason James Barry
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U of Idaho murder suspect in custody: Where the case goes now
A man is in custody for the Idaho college murders — but the devil will be in the details to nail down a conviction. Authorities in...

Jason James Barry
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