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‘Outrageous Outcomes’: Plea Bargaining and the Justice System

The Crime Report

In a conversation with The Crime Report , Canon, a civil rights lawyer who teaches at the University of Louisville in Kentucky, discusses the class-based origins of the plea bargaining process, how bad prosecutors and poor defense attorneys further distorted the process, and why reforming it will be so difficult.

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Abortion Battle Enters Second Phase

The Crime Report

So-called “trigger” laws have already gone into effect in states where anti-abortion statutes are already on the books have been activated by the decision. HB314 reinforced Alabama statute banning abortion that was never appealed after it was made unenforceable under Roe. Performing an abortion is a felony offense.

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