predictable midterm elections in modern memory. what is happening now and ending on election day november 8th is not typical, it is not. as of now, it is not shaping up to be a wave for one party or another. now it is more like a shark nato. typically, republicans would and should be feeling pretty good about their chances. to retake both the house and the senate by significant margins. feeling good because things are bad. high inflation, fears of a recession, voters are inclined to hold the party in power. right now, that is democrats. they are responsible and accountable. phrases are up nearly everywhere you look. life is more expensive, but which of course i mean life cereal, weak and processed wheat products. up more than 20% here. as the late great rapper might say, straight butter baby. by which of course, i mean the tuck cost butter is up 30% august to august. of course, our friends in saudi arabia are making sure that we all continue to feel more pain at the pump. tha
to 30 to 60 years in prison. if there was a new trial and some of these things were addressed, the jury would have a hard time not having reasonable doubt. c. j. s new attorney, jason applied for conviction relief in county court, arguing that cj rice had ineffective counsel. the same judge who had presided over c. j. rice s trial heard the appeal and he rejected it. see derisive story, which i tell in the new issue of the atlantic magazine, is important because of how unusual it is not. a poor kid with no means and an incompetent court appointed lawyer. the assembly line of the criminal justice system often not focused on justice. my father continues to support an exchange letters to the c. j. rise in prison. c. j. s mom holds onto memories and holds out hope that he will one day be free. if someone in seeks to write what she sees as an injustice. of course, witness testimony can be notoriously unreliable, more than two thirds of the people exonerated