The Supreme Court issued an important criminal justice ruling on Thursday about the appropriate bounds of plea bargains. In an 8–1 opinion written by Justice Elena Kagan, the court held that some plea ...

When celebrities face criminal charges, their decision-making process often diverges dramatically from that of ordinary defendants. While over 90% of criminal cases in the American justice system end ...

Behind the constitutional guarantee of trial by jury lies a shadowy reality of American criminal justice: the vast majority of federal criminal cases never reach a courtroom. Instead, they end in plea ...

On July 31, a letter from the Department of Defense’s Office of the Chief Prosecutor for Military Commissions conveyed a disheartening message: The U.S. government had reached a plea bargain with ...