Plea Bargains and Prosecutorial Misconduct

We have the most widespread documented case of US Justice Department corruption and prosecutorial misconduct in US history. <br>Prosecutorial misconduct leading to coerced plea deals is apparently common. <br> <br>Of coercive plea bargaining’s many problems, two are particularly concerning. <br>The first is false convictions. Though it was once believed that a confession in open court — a guilty plea — was proof-positive of a person’s guilt, we now know that simply isn’t true.” <br>“The other big problem with coercive plea bargaining is that it helps cover up an untold amount of prosecutorial misconduct. Even in the federal system, where prosecutors are held to a relatively higher standard, there has been a surprising amount of misconduct in the handful of cases that end up going to trial.