
Pleading Out: How Plea Bargaining Creates a Permanent Criminal Class
Cato Podcast
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The Plea Deal in Massachusetts
Plea bargaining as we know it now was illegal prior to the 18 thirties and massyeur really right up to the 18 forties inMassachusetts. The courts were actively involved in trying to break the back of organized labor at the same time, he says. "I think they're trying to take the criminal cases away from juries nd they are successful at it"
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