HAM SANDWICH NATION UPDATE: Prisons are packed because prosecutors are coercing plea deals. And, yes, it’s totally legal. “The other big problem with coercive plea bargaining is that it helps cover up an untold amount of prosecutorial misconduct. Even in the federal system, where prosecutors are held to a relatively higher standard, there has been a surprising amount of misconduct in the handful of cases that end up going to trial.”

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