Professor Carissa Byrne Hessick has
released her latest book: Punishment Without
Trial!
Punishment Without Trial: Why Plea Bargaining is a Bad
Deal explores plea bargaining and how it has undermined the justice
system and the right to a trial. In this book, Professor Hessick demonstrates
how plea bargaining has done away with preconceived notions of what justice
should be and should look like, and then provides potential reforms for the
current system.
As the Anne Shea Ransdell and William Garland
"Buck" Ransdell, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law and the director
of the Prosecutors and Politics Project, Professor Hessick has written numerous law review articles, essays, and opinion pieces on plea
bargaining and the powers and selection of prosecutors in addition to many
other topics. She has been published in the California Law Review, the Cornell
Law Review, and the L.A. Times among others. Professor Hessick provides her
expertise on plea bargaining and criminal law in news articles, commentaries, and
legal podcasts, including for Slate, the Atlantic, and the Denver Post.
To find out more about her latest work, Punishment
Without Trial, please watch the book
trailer video.
Ready to start reading? Check It Out!
Posted by Kerri-Ann Yanique Rowe on Mon. October 25, 2021 10:00 AM
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