Human Rights Atrocities of Americas Plea Bargaining Process

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For their final live broadcast in 2013, your “Crimes of the Century” co-hosts interview attorney Jamie Fellner, Senior Advisor for the U.S. Program of Human Rights Watch, one of the world’s leading independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights. Attorney Fellner is author of HRW’s recently released report on coercive plea bargaining titled “An Offer You Can’t Refuse -- How US Federal Prosecutors Force Drug Defendants to Plead Guilty”   Read HRW’s report at http://www.hrw.org/reports/2013/12/05/offer-you-can-t-refuse

The Mindset of Criminal Defendants Who Won't Plea

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For their December 5th, 2013 broadcast, your “Crimes of the Century” co-hosts considered “The Mindset of Criminal Defendants Who Won't Plea”.  Assisting with the effort is Florida-based Psychotherapist and Behavioral Analyst Rebecca Potter.  COC co-hosts, Potter, and other audience members explore the mindset of criminal defendants who insist on going to trial including the actually innocent; the overcharged; guilty people when the government has a weak case; people with children; young people; old people, etc.