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Plea bargains could reformed or not used

By Hicbd
Wed Aug 7 2019 9:48 am

"'If a defendant considers going to trial, a prosecutor might hang overhead some charge that carries a mandatory life sentence. A plea of guilty might instead get eight years, or 10 years'...'Even if you have an innocent client, most don’t want to take that chance. They’ll just take eight years. What if things go south at trial?'"

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https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/05/plea-bargaining-courts-prosecutors/524112/
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/09/innocence-is-irrelevant/534171/

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U.S. Criminal Justice System U.S. Prisons Public Defender Offices U.S. Human Rights Wrongful Convictions U.S. District Attorneys Criminal Trials Plea Bargains

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