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Laura Coates Quotes

b. 1979

Laura Gayle Coates (born 11 July 1979) is an American television broadcaster & legal analyst working for CNN since 2016, with her serving as CNN's chief legal analyst since 2023. Besides that, she has also served as a federal prosecutor for the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division; and also as a host for a nightly news television program on CNN, Laura Coates Live.

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The extent of human misery in our justice system is something that is almost unbelievable in its scope.

Having two Black women at the helm of prime-time coverage speaks volumes about CNN’s commitment to representation.

I’m not a shrinking violet. I was very vocal in raising my own hand and being my own champion. I felt I had a home in the prime-time space and wasn’t shy about asking for that.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Laura Coates (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.