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Plea Bargain

The System November 4, 2020
The Truth About Trials
“We put together the most cumbersome and expensive trial system that the world has ever seen, and then we decided we can’t do it for all but a tiny, tiny portion of people.”
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Richard Midkiff has been free for a year after spending 23 years behind bars for second-degree murder. Now, he may have to return to prison.
Feature July 12, 2020
A Year After Prison, He Has a Job, a Fiancée—And a Week Left of Freedom
Richard Midkiff spent 23 years behind bars. A dispute over his decades-old plea deal could send him back for 15 more.
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Some district attorneys, including San Diego District Attorney Summer Stephan, have publicly pushed back on sentencing reductions.
News July 2, 2019
The New Price of a Plea Bargain in California
Lawmakers cut criminal sentences; some DAs push back using plea deals.
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Assemblyman Joseph Lentol, D-Brooklyn, has been sponsoring discovery bills for years.
News April 1, 2019
“Blindfold” Off: New York Overhauls Pretrial Evidence Rules
Prosecutors will be required to turn over information to the defense much earlier in a criminal case, among other changes.
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Bronx Criminal Court on 161st Street in New York City.
Commentary October 23, 2017
When Race Tips the Scales in Plea Bargaining
New research finds that prosecutors give white defendants better deals than black defendants.
Jenn Rolnick Borchetta and Alice Fontier
Commentary December 26, 2014
Plea Bargaining and the Innocent
It’s up to judges to restore balance
By U.S. District Judge John L. Kane
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