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The Plea Bargain Originated as a Means to Undermine Working-Class Solidarity

By making jury trials obsolete, plea bargaining allows the American criminal legal system to run on autopilot. ....

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A Permanent Criminal Class

American society has become so over-criminalized that, according to the Institute for Policy Studies, the average working adult in this country unintentionally commits an average of three felonies a day. This nation’s obsession with prosecuting and incarcerating millions of its citizens is well known, and many ....

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On TV every defendant gets a trial. But in real life, trials are rare.

For many, the jury trial represents the cornerstone of criminal justice itself: a truth-seeking mission that allows a person to be judged by a panel of peers. But trials have become rare. Around 97 percent of all criminal cases don't go to trial but instead end in guilty pleas, most of them the result of a bargaining process driven by prosecutors with the power to coerce defendants into giving up their right to a trial. ....

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Dan Canon To Discuss His New Book Critiquing The Plea Bargain At A Virtual Event This Week

Canon will be discussing his book with associate professor of law at Drexel University Adam Benforado. ....

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Plea Bargaining: The Legal Horror Story We Accept As Ordinary

An excerpt from Dan Canon’s new book, "Pleading Out: How Plea Bargaining Creates a Permanent Criminal Class.” ....

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