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Police and progressive prosecutors are clashing over prosecutors' progressive policies, and that's having consequences in the courtroom.

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In different places throughout the country police are pushing back against the policies of progressive prosecutors.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer tells the story of one such struggle in St. Louis where a detective wouldn't testify in a case. That refusal may have helped a man charged with murder walk free.

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This episode was produced by Noah Caldwell and Connor Donevan. It was edited by Barrie Hardymon and Courtney Dorning. Sami Yenigun is our executive producer.

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