“There's just all kinds of ways in which the procedure is extremely expensive and every actor in the system is incentivized to try to (plead) out even if they didn't do it. … The pace hugely benefits the prosecution.” @acluct.bsky.social
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It’s not clear just how widespread these problems are in the state’s criminal courts. The release of data that would shed some light on the somewhat secret world of prosecutor decision making and court operations has been blocked by the Lamont Administration.
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https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/lamont-ct-criminal-justice-transparency-law-20136218.php
"Under this system, it is defendants’ characters, not their crimes, that go on trial"
The #1 causes of incarceration in CT
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