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Jacob Biba was a staff investigative reporter and a former recipient of the Shaklan Fellowship for Investigative Reporting at Carolina Public Press.
Plea deals, charge stacking and consecutive sentencing can result in long prison sentences, straining the bonds of families burdened by the incarceration of a loved one.
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