#2 The best long reads I've discovered this month.

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Welcome to this month’s best long reads! For any newbies; this is a new series where I share the best long reads I’ve discovered over the month and a TL;DR cheat sheet, so you can get the gist without reading the entire article.

Later this week I’ll be sending out my favourite podcast episodes from the month and there’s some goodies in there!

Also, I’m still keen to hear your requests from The Recommendations Request Line, you can comment below or reply to this email if you’ve thought of something.

Without further ado, here are the long reads I’ve loved over the past month:

The Insanity Plea That Shook A Small Town

By Molly Langmuir for Rolling Stone

TL;DR: When Rodney Brown was gunned down in his own driveway, it didn’t take authorities long to hone in on a suspect — Rodney’s own stepson, ex-marine Michael Brown.

But as the case made its way to court, and the public learned about Michael’s childhood steeped in abuse, people began to advocate for his release.

His attorney would be one…