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The Mirage of Justice

Loaded on Aug. 2, 2016 published in Prison Legal News August, 2016, page 22
Filed under: Prison Reform, Guilty Pleas, Indigent Defense. Location: United States of America.

by Chris Hedges, Truthdig

If you are poor, you will almost never go to trial – instead you will be forced to accept a plea deal offered by government prosecutors. If you are poor, the word of the police, who are not averse to fabricating or tampering with evidence, manipulating witnesses ...

 

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