Guardian: Traditional trial rights renounced as countries adopt US-style plea bargaining

Traditional trial rights renounced as countries adopt US-style plea bargaining

The adoption of US-style plea bargaining has reached "epidemic proportions" as more and more countries persuade defendants to plead guilty and renounce traditional trial rights, a survey of international justice systems warns. The study of 90 countries by the human rights organisation Fair Trials reveals that use of such procedures has increased by 300% since 1990, boosting, it is alleged, the risk of miscarriages of justice.

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