Minggu, 06 November 2011

Plea bargains, through a glass darkly

The U.S. Supreme Court is historically averse to opening up a can of worms, so it comes as no surprise the justices looked darkly last week at cases asking them to consider whether defendants are constitutionally harmed when they pass up plea bargains through the actions of "ineffective" -- read incompetent -- lawyers.

If the high court were to turn the constitutional spotlight on plea bargains

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