Ep. 3 - Plea Bargaining
Seek Justice
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Invisibilia, S05E02 - Post, Shoot (NPR)
Plea Bargaining in the United States (Wikipedia)
But in this era of mass incarceration — when our nation’s prison population has quintupled in a few decades partly as a result of the war on drugs and the “get tough” movement — these rights are, for the overwhelming majority of people hauled into courtrooms across America, theoretical. More than 90 percent of criminal cases are never tried before a jury. Most people charged with crimes forfeit their constitutional rights and plead guilty.
– Michelle Alexander, Go to Trial: Crash the Justice System (NYTimes)
Parens Patriae (Wikipedia)
Van Jones & CT Governor Ned Lamont Lead Criminal Justice Reform Conversation at Quinnipiac (YouTube)
Serial Podcast
Van Jones