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    Fans of “The Killing” stayed home this weekend to binge on the latest season, released in its entirety by Netflix on Friday . But are there actually any fans of “The Killing” left? And a show predicated entirely on sex, “The Bachelorette,” has a weirdly puritanical view of it.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Aug 4, 2014 • 1 min read

    Fans of “The Killing” stayed home this weekend to binge on the latest season, released in its entirety by Netflix on Friday. But are there actually any fans of “The Killing” left? And a show predicated entirely on sex, “The Bachelorette,” has a weirdly puritanical view of it.

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    3. 16:22Texas Death Row Innocence
    4. 25:50Broken Windows
    5. 33:33Data-driven Sentencing
    6. 42:13TV RoundupYou’re reading this
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