Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | Title on container: Frontline, the plea
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| Other uniform titles: | Frontline (Television program)
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| Other authors / contributors: | Bikel, Ofra.
Lyman, Will.
Ofra Bikel Productions.
WGBH Educational Foundation.
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
PBS Video.
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| Notes: | "Frontline is a production of WGBH Boston."
"PBS DVD Video."
Editor, Karen K.H. Sim ; narrator, Will Lyman ; camera, Mark Molesworth, Bob Perrin ; music, Thomas Rutishauser.
Originally broadcast June 17, 2004 on the PBS Television series Frontline.
DVD-R.
Closed-captioned.
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| Summary: | Examines the prevalence of plea bargaining in the American justice system, and the failures of justice that result when the practice is misused. Nearly 95 percent of all cases resulting in felony convictions never reach a jury, but instead are settled through plea bargains, in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty in exchange for a reduced sentence. Critics contend that the push to resolve cases through plea bargains jeopardizes the constitutional rights of defendants, who may be pressured to admit their guilt whether they are guilty or not.
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| Publisher's no.: | FRL72215 PBS Video
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