Want criminal justice, prison reform? End plea bargaining.
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USA TODAY - For more and to sign up click here USA TODAY Picture a criminal trial: Prosecutors grill witnesses on cross-examination, judges rule on objections, defense counsel makes impassioned pleas to the jury, and the jury sifts through the facts before returning a verdict. That might be how many people think the legal system operates. As the Supreme Court has observed, however, this is not what happens in the…