Plea Bargains and Prosecutorial Misconduct

We have the most widespread documented case of US Justice Department corruption and prosecutorial misconduct in US history.
Prosecutorial misconduct leading to coerced plea deals is apparently common.

Of coercive plea bargaining’s many problems, two are particularly concerning.
The first is false convictions. Though it was once believed that a confession in open court — a guilty plea — was proof-positive of a person’s guilt, we now know that simply isn’t true.”
“The other big problem with coercive plea bargaining is that it helps cover up an untold amount of prosecutorial misconduct. Even in the federal system, where prosecutors are held to a relatively higher standard, there has been a surprising amount of misconduct in the handful of cases that end up going to trial.