Plea Bargaining Quotes

6 quotes from 5 authors

When the legal system leans on plea deals, the stakes become personal for defendants and society alike. This brief set of six quotes pulls together voices that expose how convenience can eclipse fairness, and why transparency matters. For an examination, check out criminal‑justice reform and court‑procedure discussions.

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“The Supreme Court has now closed the courthouse doors to claims of racial bias at every stage of the criminal justice process,…

Michelle Alexander

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40% of homicides go unsolved. You know, it's not a very good record. And, also, 95% of convictions in America come from…

Bill Maher

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Yet far from putting any meaningful constraints on law enforcement in this war, the U.S. Supreme Court has given the police license…

Michelle Alexander

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If I rob a gas station, I'm going to get 15 years. If I steal $400 million on Wall Street, I start plea-bargaining.

Powers Boothe

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In many courts, plea bargaining serves the convenience of the judge and the lawyers, not the ends of justice, because the courts…

Jimmy Carter

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“Police throughout the United States have been caught fabricating, planting, and manipulating evidence to obtain convictions where cases would otherwise be very…

Dale Carpenter

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