Gabfest Reads is a monthly series from the hosts of Slate’s Political Gabfest podcast. Recently, Emily Bazelon talked with Judith Resnik about her new book, Impermissible Punishments: How Prison ...

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It suddenly became a week of “I dos” for Michelle Skemp. In April, three days before her daughter’s wedding, longtime friend Sue Weidemann asked for a “favor.” Distracted with wedding ...