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If the system turns away from the abuses inflicted on the guilty, then who can be next but the innocents?

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Michael Connelly
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 21
Actor
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Chronicler
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Film Producer
Journalist
Novelist
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Philadelphia
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Michael Joseph Connelly
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