A system built on plea bargaining is not a just system
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This commentary is by Gage Johnson, a third-year law student at Vermont Law and Graduate School in South Royalton.
In 2019, more than 97% of Vermont misdemeanor convictions came via a guilty plea. Many Vermonters might be shocked to learn that our legal system is not one focused on jury trials but rather on convictions. The liberty of the accused is no longer in the hands of a jury, as our system intended at the founding with the Sixth Amendment, but rather in the hands of a single state’s at
In 2019, more than 97% of Vermont misdemeanor convictions came via a guilty plea. Many Vermonters might be shocked to learn that our legal system is not one focused on jury trials but rather on convictions. The liberty of the accused is no longer in the hands of a jury, as our system intended at the founding with the Sixth Amendment, but rather in the hands of a single state’s at
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