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A bit of housekeeping before we get started. This podcast is a co-production of Slate and The Appeal,

a new publication about the justice system. And it's a companion to my new book,

also called Charged, and available wherever you buy books.

Okay, thanks for listening. Here's the show.

Previously on Charged.

My sister was at a party, a bunch of guys like told T her, oh we'll kill your brother, that's why I had the gun on me.

From that point, Terari watched his back.

When he went out, he kept his gun hidden under his hoodie.

Two nights later, he was waiting for a cab in

the lobby of a friend's building and just as he was about to walk out the door an

undercover cop shoved him to the ground. And he just took the gun off my hip.

I just knew it from there like I'm going to jail.

I'm Emily Bazlan, and this is charged,

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