A lesser charge to keep from doing life or double life or triple life people dont get trials what they get is a deal people suggest that anywhere between 3 and 10 and 15 percent of people behind bars could be innocent of the crimes which they were charged Michelle Alexander is a civil rights lawyer stanford law professor and the author of the new jim crow one of the most highly acclaimed studies of americas criminal Justice System the reality is that thousands of people. Every year and the United States wind up pleading guilty to crimes they may not have committed because theyre the theyre railroaded by Police Officers who give them false information or corners confessions or because theyre afraid of facing you know harsh mandatory minimum sentences and believe that you know the best chance is to just take a plea. Every general you dont know anything about you know the president the politics in county jail you dont know anything so they put you there with these people in this is how th
Michelle alexander is a civil rights lawyer stanford law professor and the author of the new jim crow one of the most highly acclaimed studies americas criminal Justice System the reality is that thousands of people. Every year and i had states who wind up pleading guilty to crimes they may not have committed because theyre the theyre railroaded by Police Officers who give them false information or horrors confessions or because theyre afraid of facing you know harsh mandatory minimum sentences and believe that you know the best chance is to just take a plea using every joe you dont know anything about you know the prison politics in county jail you dont know anything so they put you in there with these people in this is how they force you to take deals the u. S. Justice system just like any Justice System in the world. A system where 95 percent of the cases are resolved by plea bargain you know its no longer a trial system its a plea bargain system the whole purpose of plea bargains f
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Hopes of stimulus relief fade. Could a doubledip recession be right around the corner . Troubling, alarming, dire the rural surge is real people sick. Front line workers exhausted hospitals forced to make tough decisions about medical care announcer live from cnbc global headquarters, the facts, the truth, the news with Shepard Smith. Good evening. Eight days until the election and both candidates are targeting one mustwin Battle Ground state called pennsylvania both were there today. President Trump Holding three separate rallies in p. A. , while joe biden made an unannounced visit to his Campaign Field office outside philly. Biden calling out the president s rally saying its not appropriate to hold events with massive crowds right now, as covid cases ride to unprecedented highs across the country. But President Trump insists, were rounding the corner on the pandemic something scientists confirm is not true coronavirus fears rattling the markets today. The dow plunged almost a thousan
Right around the corner . Troubling alarming dire the rural surge is real people sick. Front line workers exhausted hospitals forced to make tough decisions about medical care live from cnbc global headquarters, the facts, the truth, the news with Shepard Smith. Good evening. Eight days until the election and both candidates are targeting one mustwin battleground state called pennsylvania both were there today. President Trump Holding three separate rallies in pa while joe biden made an unannounced visit to his Campaign Field office outside philly biden calling out the president s rally saying its not appropriate to hold events with massive crowds right now as covid cases ride to unprecedented highs across the country, but President Trump insists were rounding the corner on the pandemic, something scientists confirm is not true coronavirus fears rattling the markets today. The dow plunged almost 1,000 points before closing off 650. Well hear from jim cramer on that in a few minutes. Vi