Crime Quote by Michelle Alexander

“we are in danger of becoming a society in which prosecutors alone become judges, juries and executioners because the threat of high sentences makes…

— Harvey Silverglate

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

— Jimmy Carter

What Im saying is, the charges were facing was a minimum of 30 to life. I thought that I was signing a plea with…

— Big Meech

“Defendants are typically denied meaningful legal representation, pressured by the threat of lengthy sentences into a plea bargain, and then placed under formal control—in…

— Michelle Alexander

I understand that it is a maxim of law, that a poor plea may be a good plea to a bad declaration.

— Abraham Lincoln

A lot of the problems we have in our criminal-justice system, you know, the problem of over-incarceration, the problem of prosecutorial abuse, the problem…

— Amy Wax

“Those who have been swept within the criminal justice system know that the way the system actually works bears little resemblance to what happens…

— Michelle Alexander

It is a core principle that prosecutors should charge and pursue the most serious readily provable offense.

— Jeff Sessions

One thing I learned a long time ago as a prosecutor is that it's tough to get people to obey a law if there…

— Roy Barnes

From the smallest misdemeanor up to the biggest crime, everyone is brought before a judge. And that means there's a huge backlog in the…

— Clare-Hope Ashitey

If criminals wanted to grind justice to a halt, they could do it by banding together and all pleading not guilty.

— Anonymous

My mother negotiated a plea deal, and my father went to trial. I think one thing we notice in their case that kind of…

— Chesa Boudin