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- Title
CRUSHING THE SOUL OF FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDERS: THE PLEA BARGAINING MACHINE'S OPERATION AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT.
- Authors
Gonçalves Jr., Walter I.
- Abstract
The article reviews literature on the reasons for low trial rates, current federal public defense practice, and what happens when public defender offices force lawyers to go to trial in the U.S. Topics include the history of mandatory minimums, sentencing guidelines, and fast-track programs; how the historical exploitation of African Americans, Latinxs, and American Indians relates to the racial disparity the plea bargaining machine created; and the history of Federal public defender offices.
- Subjects
PLEA bargaining; TRIALS (Law); PUBLIC defenders; MANDATORY minimum sentences; CRIMINAL sentencing
- Publication
Fordham Urban Law Journal, 2022, Vol 49, Issue 4, p699
- ISSN
0199-4646
- Publication type
Article