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Plea bargaining and mass incarceration go hand in hand. We need to end both.
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPicture a criminal trial: Prosecutors grill witnesses on cross-examination, judges rule on...
Plea deals ease KY court burdens, but does this ‘drive-thru-style justice’ help defendants?
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 7 months agoWhen Seth Raines was arrested for a robbery in Hart County and charged with a felony, he suddenly...
After 2 years in US custody, 'Suitcase Killer' Heather Mack is set to take a plea deal in her...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 12 months agoHeather Mack, dubbed the "Suitcase Killer" spends time with daughter Stella inside a Bali...
Ocala courts: Guilty verdict in grand theft case; probation for felony battery
Ocala Star Banner via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTwo cases were resolved at the Marion County Judicial Center last week: one with a trial and one...
Judge who rejected teen's 'not sufficient' plea deal for accidental shooting agrees to a new one
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWEST PALM BEACH — Ten years in prison wasn't enough, the judge said. Not for shooting a friend to...
Pueblo murder suspect asks to withdraw guilty plea; he's the second to do so this week
The Pueblo Chieftain via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA man who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in connection with the December 2020 shooting of...
Key Trump co-defendants accept plea deals – a legal expert explains what that means
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 7 months agoKenneth Chesebro, left, is sworn in during his plea deal hearing in Atlanta on Oct. 20, 2023. Alyssa...
Baltimore man first to plead in Maryland Roxbury state prison contraband conspiracies
The Herald-Mail via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA Baltimore man is the first of 15 defendants to enter a plea bargain after he was indicted in...
Hunter Biden has been indicted on gun charges after his plea deal fell apart. The most serious count...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 9 months agoHunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden.AP Photo/Andrew Harnik Hunter Biden has been indicted...
Ex-Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith pleads guilty in embezzlement case
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoMore than four years after state police investigators seized records from the office of ex-Macomb...