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Law's Cassandra Burke Robertson weighs in on criminal case against Southern Poverty Law Center

Media | April 24, 2026 | Story by: Editorial Staff

Legal experts skeptical of DOJ’s criminal case against Southern Poverty Law Center

Alabama Reflector: Cassandra Burke Robertson, the John Deaver Drinko - BakerHostetler Professor of Law, called the Department of Justice's criminal case against the Southern Poverty Law Center "an abuse of the criminal law," noting that paying confidential informants is standard law enforcement practice. She added: "I would be absolutely shocked if it went all the way to a conviction."

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