The Plea / written, produced and directed by Ofra Bikel ; a Frontline coproduction with Ofra Bikel Productions.

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Examines the prevalence of plea bargaining in the American justice system, and the failures of justice that result when the practice is misused. Nearly 95 percent of all cases resulting in felony convictions never reach a jury, but instead are settled through plea bargains, in which a defendant agre...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Frontline.
Corporate Authors: Ofra Bikel Productions
WGBH Educational Foundation
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
PBS Video
Other Authors: Bikel, Ofra (Producer, Director, Screenwriter)
Lyman, Will, 1948- (Narrator)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Video, [2004], ©2004.
Series:Frontline.
Subjects:
Plea bargaining > United States.
Pleas (Criminal procedure) > United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Frontline : the plea.
Format: Video DVD

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