1977
DOI: 10.2307/1142848
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The Courts Stand Indicted in New York City

Abstract: Unhappily, some of the charges are true. Dangerous persons are released into the community largely through plea-bargaining, 2 but I "Plea Bargains Resolve 8 of 10 Homicide Cases," New York Times, Jan. 27, 1975, at 1; "Lower Courts Are 8ettling 80% of City Felony Cases," New York Times, Feb. 14, 1975, at 1. The thrust of these articles is that the courts are releasing dangerous offenders into the community by accepting guilty pleas to lesser offenses and then imposing minimal sentences for these offenses. The e… Show more

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