"The business of popularizing crime is how we expose the faults in our justice system. It's how we expose police misconduct."
"There will always be people who are ahead of the curve, and people who are behind the curve. But knowledge moves the curve."
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Source: Bill James (2015). “Bill James Handbook 2016”, p.2, ACTA Publications
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