Carissa Byrne Hessick is the Ransdell Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina School of Law, where she also serves as the director of the Prosecutors and Politics Project. Her work has been published by the Los Angeles Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Slate, and numerous academic journals.
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When Americans think of the criminal justice system, the image that comes to mind is a trial-a standard courtÂroom scene with a defendant, attorneys, a judge, and most important, a jury. It's a fair assumption. But in Punishment Without Trial: Why Plea ... SEE MORE