Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Federal Judge: Our Criminal Justice System Punishes Many Who Are Innocent

Jed S. Rakoff is a U.S. District Court Judge for the ­Southern District of New York.

In a recent piece in the The New York Review of Books, the judge takes a long look at why innocent people plead guilty to crimes they never committed.

It is a long but rewarding read, so we're sharing it here.

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