Seek Justice

Links

• Invisibilia, S05E02 - Post, Shoot (NPR)
• Plea Bargaining in the United States (Wikipedia)

But in this era of mass incarceration — when our nation’s prison population has quintupled in a few decades partly as a result of the war on drugs and the “get tough” movement — these rights are, for the overwhelming majority of people hauled into courtrooms across America, theoretical. More than 90 percent of criminal cases are never tried before a jury. Most people charged with crimes forfeit their constitutional rights and plead guilty.

– Michelle Alexander, Go to Trial: Crash the Justice System (NYTimes)

• Parens Patriae (Wikipedia)
• Van Jones & CT Governor Ned Lamont Lead Criminal Justice Reform Conversation at Quinnipiac (YouTube)
• Serial Podcast
• Van Jones