On today’s episode of The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast, I write an opera for my biggest comment-troll, “Boiling Rug,” and then talk to Clark Neily about the problem of coercive plea bargaining. Among the topics we discuss are: What is coercive plea bargaining? Why is it a problem? What is the difference between a coercive plea and a non-coercive plea? At what point did we start sidestepping the jury system? How can we fix the issue? Is anyone even trying to fix the issue?

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