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Canon, Dan, author.

Pleading out : how plea bargaining creates a permanent criminal class / Dan Canon.

First edition.

New York, NY : Basic Books, 2022.

vi, 324 pages ; 25 cm

"Law professor and civil rights lawyer Dan Canon argues that an astounding 97 percent of cases in the United States are disposed of quickly and quietly with plea deals, rather than the jury trials most of us envision. Over the last 200 years, the criminal justice system has come to prioritize speed and volume above all else. The central question our courts ask is not whether justice is being done, but how they can more efficiently herd bodies through a reductive, inadequate, inhuman process. The result is a massive underclass of people who are restricted from voting, working, and otherwise participating in society. Pleading Out exposes the ugly truth about what's wrong with America's criminal justice system today-and provides a starting point for fixing it"-- Provided by publisher.

Plea bargaining -- Social aspects -- United States.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Brahmins, bargains, and bootmakers -- The ordinary men standing around -- The vital force of progress -- The rise of the criminal class -- Tense, uncertain, and rapidly evolving -- A finger on the scales -- Lucy and Ethel's conveyor belt -- The weakest defense -- Affluenza -- Conditions, coercions, and castrations -- For the sake of expediency -- Spare the rod, spoil the trial -- Greater than their hoarded gold.

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