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" I think chalking up human behavior to evil lets us all off the hook too easily. "

Karin Slaughter

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" The most important lesson I have learned from spending years talking to law enforcement officers is that the vast majority of them really want to do a good job. They have a physical need to do a good job. And yet, we don't give them the resources that would help them. "

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" I write fifteen hours a day, stopping at Oprah-o'clock. "

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