In American courtrooms, we treat a plea bargain like a clean confession. The record says “guilty,” the…
Every day across the United States, people accused of crimes face an impossible gamble: plead guilty (even…
The Sixth Amendment promises every American the right to a speedy, public trial by an impartial jury. It’s a…
…the jury trial has been replaced, almost exclusively, by a system of secret plea-bargaining negotiations behind closed…
Author’s Note: Requests for comment were not returned. Thanks to the Michigan Supreme Court, a Barry County,…
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