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Injustice With Impunity: A Texas Tale

The Crime Report

By night he drafted court documents for judges to sign. Defense attorneys would have protested if they knew what was going on, but county and court officials kept the arrangement quiet among themselves. They complained to an immigration and employment attorney about long hours and poor living conditions. Judge Paul A.

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How Duke Law Researchers Pried Open the ‘Black Box’ of Plea Bargaining

The Crime Report

The North Carolina and Massachusetts Experiments. The first change the researchers implemented was requiring that all plea offers be drafted and discussions transcribed to ensure a record of events. In 442 of the 559 felony cases reviewed in the study, there was just one plea before the offer was accepted. percent).

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