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Mary Gay Scanlon: “The right to trial is established in our Constitution. However, we know that over the past few decades plea bargains…”

On the recordJune 16, 2021
The right to trial is established in our Constitution. However, we know that over the past few decades plea bargains have largely replaced trials in our justice system.
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Mary Gay Scanlon
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Scanlon discusses the decline of trials due to plea bargains and the implications for defendants.

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