Pleading Out: How Plea Bargaining Creates a Permanent Criminal Class

A blistering critique of America's assembly-line approach to criminal justice and the shameful practice at its core: the...
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Pleading Out: How Plea Bargaining Creates a Permanent Criminal Class by Canon, Dan

Pleading Out: How Plea Bargaining Creates a Permanent Criminal Class

$360.97

Pleading Out: How Plea Bargaining Creates a Permanent Criminal Class

$360.97
Author: Dan Canon
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

A blistering critique of America's assembly-line approach to criminal justice and the shameful practice at its core: the plea bargain

Most Americans believe that the jury trial is the backbone of our criminal justice system. But in fact, the vast majority of cases never make it to trial: almost all criminal convictions are the result of a plea bargain, a deal made entirely out of the public eye.

Law professor and civil rights lawyer Dan Canon argues that plea bargaining may swiftly dispose of cases, but it also fuels an unjust system. This practice produces a massive underclass of people who are restricted from voting, working, and otherwise participating in society. And while innocent people plead guilty to crimes they did not commit in exchange for lesser sentences, the truly guilty can get away with murder.

With heart-wrenching stories, fierce urgency, and an insider's perspective, Pleading Out exposes the ugly truth about what's wrong with America's criminal justice system today--and offers a prescription for meaningful change.



Author: Dan Canon
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 03/08/2022
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.00w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781541674677


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2022
Publishers Weekly 01/24/2022
Library Journal 02/11/2022 pg. 1

About the Author
Dan Canon is a civil rights lawyer and a law professor at the University of Louisville in Kentucky. In his practice, he has served as counsel for plaintiffs in the US Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges, which brought marriage equality to all fifty states, and in a number of other high-profile cases. He lives in southern Indiana.

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