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‘Outrageous Outcomes’: Plea Bargaining and the Justice System

The Crime Report

The remaining 97 percent have been decided by plea bargain: an arrangement made between a prosecutor, defense attorney, judge, and the defendant under which an individual enters a guilty or no contest plea in exchange for a reduction in the level of a charge, a reduced number of charges, or the recommendation of a lighter sentence.

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Former Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar Headed Back To Harvard Law

Above The Law

Elizabeth Prelogar Former Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar is a noted appellate attorney who ended her SG reign when Joe Biden left the White House. Given the questionable Republican tactics that resulted in a conservatively stacked High Court, Prelogar’s job was particularly challenging.

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Guest Commentary: Dobbs v. Jackson and Juliana v. United States: “Innumerable Human Lives”

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Since about the time these lawyers were born, the days were waning when the Constitution was only for men; we attended law school when, for the first time in history, female students began to equal the number of male students. And no, Justice Kavanaugh, the Constitution is not “neutral” about women’s rights. The boat is sinking.