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Amanda Milkovits is a Boston Globe staff writer covering Rhode Island. She has worked as a reporter at New England newspapers since 1993, including nearly 19 years at The Providence Journal covering crime and criminal justice. She is an executive board member on the New England First Amendment Coalition. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Keene State College and a master's degree in writing from Rivier University.