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02657aam a2200325 i 4500 001 551479562E4611ECB49FBC5739ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211016010012 008 210211s2021 nyu 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2021934852 020 $a 1419750291 020 $a 9781419750298 035 $a (OCoLC)1237253455 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d TP7 $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d UOK $d IOU $d SILO 082 04 $a 345.73072 $2 23 100 1 $a Hessick, Carissa Byrne, $e author. 245 10 $a Punishment without trial : $b why plea bargaining is a bad deal / $c Carissa Byrne Hessick. 246 30 $a Why plea bargaining is a bad deal 264 1 $a New York : $b Abrams Press, $c 2021. 300 $a 280 pages ; $c 23 cm 500 $a Includes index. 520 $a When Americans think of the criminal justice system, the image that pops into their minds is a trial. They envision a standard courtroom scene with a defendant, attorneys, a judge, and most importantly, a jury. It's a fair assumption. The right to a trial by jury is enshrined in both the Constitution (Article III, Section 2) and the Bill of Rights (the Sixth Amendment). It's supposed to be an inalienable right that undergirds our entire justice system. But in Punishment Without Trial: Why Plea Bargaining is a Bad Deal, University of North Carolina law professor Carissa Byrne Hessick illustrates that the popular conception of a jury trial couldn't be further from reality. That bedrock constitutional right has all but disappeared thanks to the inexorable march of plea bargaining, which began to take hold during Prohibition and has skyrocketed since 1971, when it was affirmed as constitutional by the Supreme Court. In 2018, more than 97 percent of defendants pleaded guilty. The consequences are dire. Nearly every aspect of our criminal justice system is designed to encourage defendants -- whether they're innocent or guilty -- to take a plea deal. Punishment Without Trial showcases how plea bargaining has undermined justice at every turn and across socioeconomic and racial divides. It forces the hand of lawyers, judges, and defendants, turning our legal system into a ruthlessly efficient mass incarceration machine that is clogging our jails and punishing its citizens because it's the path of least resistance. 650 0 $a Plea bargaining $z United States. 650 0 $a Criminal courts $z United States. 650 0 $a Sentences (Criminal procedure) $z United States. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20230517011739.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20211016010222.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=551479562E4611ECB49FBC5739ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search