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U.S. cases, plus the Bernardo–Homolka case in Canada.
1989
Eleven-year-old Jacob Wetterling was abducted while returning from a store with his brother and a friend in 1989. In 2016, Danny Heinrich admitted abducting and killing him and led investigators to his remains. The admission came through a federal plea agreement, rather than a murder conviction.
1975–1998
Women working at an iron mine in northern Minnesota challenged sexual harassment and workplace discrimination. Lois Jenson became a central plaintiff in the landmark class action. The book Class Action documents the litigation; North Country loosely reimagines it through fictionalized characters.
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