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Government

New Assessment for Pre-trial Release

Iowa experiments with a new way of assessing criminal defendants, designed to allow more people to be released while their cases progress.

On Midwest Week, Herb Trix's guest is Tara Becker-Gray, a reporter for the Quad City Times.

You can also hear Midwest Week on Fridays on WVIK at 6:20 pm during All Things Considered. 

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A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.