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Tom Bentley

Tom Bentley is a freelance writer in Watsonville, Calif.

Ships of Pearl

Ships of Pearl

Secrets of the cephalopods

by Tom Bentley | Monday, March 05, 2018
A Cold Look

A Cold Look

Diving deep into Antarctic ecosystems

by Tom Bentley | Monday, June 06, 2016
Learning Curves, Farming Angles

Learning Curves, Farming Angles

by Tom Bentley | Monday, June 09, 2014
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Preserving the Dead

by Tom Bentley | Monday, March 18, 2013
Big Time

Big Time

by Tom Bentley | Friday, December 06, 2013
Willy Wonka, M.D.

Willy Wonka, M.D.

by Tom Bentley | Thursday, March 14, 2013
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Megaliths by a Polymath

by Tom Bentley | Monday, June 10, 2013
Sea Hunt, Microscopic Version

Sea Hunt, Microscopic Version

by Tom Bentley | Thursday, September 05, 2013
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New Hope from Dope

by Tom Bentley | Monday, September 08, 2014
One Small Step Toward Silicon Valley?

One Small Step Toward Silicon Valley?

by Tom Bentley | Tuesday, December 02, 2014
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Riveting

by Tom Bentley | Wednesday, March 04, 2015
Big Man in Tiny Houses

Big Man in Tiny Houses

by Tom Bentley | Tuesday, March 11, 2014
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Digging Into Dickens

by Tom Bentley | Thursday, January 23, 2014
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2nd Look

What the Jeffrey Epstein Case Can Teach Us About Sex Trafficking

by Scott W. Stern

Financier Jeffrey Epstein was arrested on Saturday and charged with new counts of sex trafficking. Epstein was previously investigated for alleged sex crimes, a controversial case that ended when he signed a nonprosecution agreement and served a 13-month jail sentence, with generous “work-release” privileges. In his article for the Scholar’s summer issue, Scott W. Stern refers to the Epstein case in highlighting the complexity of prostitution laws in the United States, which often make no distinction between consensual sex workers and trafficked ones—meaning that many trafficking victims are arrested and prosecuted while the men who solicit sex are let off the hook. “Trafficking survivors are likelier to go to the authorities,” he writes, “if they won’t be thrown in prison—or deported—as a result.”