Plea Bargains

The Real News Network
View In: Plea Bargains“There hasn't been a serious public conversation about plea bargaining and what it's doing to the criminal justice system.”

TK News by Matt Taibbi
View In: Plea Bargains“We have mass incarceration for the poor, and it’s totally hands-off for the rich, and that’s pretty hard to stomach.” Justice Jed Rakoff on his new book, and his famous challenge to the system

Glenn Greenwald
View In: Plea BargainsI interview Raj Rajaratnam about his important new book, “Uneven Justice,” to understand the virtually limitless power of federal prosecutors.

The Guardian
View In: Plea BargainsThe governor commuted Rogel Aguilera-Mederos’s sentence and the 26-year-old will be eligible for parole in five yearsThe Colorado governor has intervened to reduce the 110-year sentence handed down to a trucker for his role in a fatal 2019 collision after widespread outcry and calls for leniency.Jare...

View In: Plea BargainsInstead of protecting defendants’ right to have their guilt or innocence decided by their peers, judges routinely punish defendants for exercising that right.

Left Voice
View In: Plea BargainsRogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos was sentenced to 110 years in prison because of a vehicle accident in 2019, caused by the company not maintaining its equipment and the brakes failing. No one but the trucking company he is/was employed by should be held accountable for this accident. The post #NoTrucksToColorado...