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‘Outrageous Outcomes’: Plea Bargaining and the Justice System

The Crime Report

However, according to the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers , less than 3 percent of criminal cases have gone to trial in the last five decades. We also have a much higher rate of plea bargain cases than the rest of the world: almost 20 percent higher than just about any other common law country.

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A second look at a death-row prisoner’s ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim

SCOTUSBlog

Ross , involving a dormant commerce clause challenge to a California law prohibiting the sale of pork unless the pigs from which it was made (virtually all of which come from outside the state) were raised consistent with the state’s restrictive standards. That’s all for this week. Until next time, stay safe ! New Relist. Texas , 21-6001.