Frontline
Season 22 Episode 16 - The Plea
Nearly 95 percent of all cases resulting in felony convictions never reach a jury. They are settled through plea bargains in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty in exchange for a reduced sentence. But what are the implications of a system that relies on pleas to expedite justice?
Episodes in Season 22
Truth, War, and Consequences
Chasing the Sleeper Cell
57 min
The Alternative Fix
Dangerous Prescription
55 min
Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald? (Updated)
From China With Love
Chasing Saddam's Weapons
Beyond Baghdad
57 min
Tax Me if You Can
55 min
The Invasion of Iraq
Ghosts of Rwanda
Diet Wars
56 min
Son of Al Qaeda
56 min
The Jesus Factor
The Way the Music Died
55 min