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Why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go FreeWhy the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free

Why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free

Jed S. Rakoff

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"A senior federal judge's incisive, unsettling exploration of some of the paradoxes that the define the judiciary today: among them, why innocent people plead guilty, why high-level executives aren't prosecuted, why you won't get your day in court, and why the judiciary is curtailing its own constitutionally mandated power"--

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OL21954212W

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Judicial errorFalse imprisonmentCriminal justice, administration ofFalse testimonyAdministration of Criminal justiceLAW / General

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