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Hello? The judicial system is broken. It needs to be upended.
Also, how could a claim that requires new evidence that a person was wrongly convicted ever, in any way, be considered frivolous?! What the hell is this idiot thinking?
I wouldn't doubt it if 99% took a plea because they were threatened with a super harsh sentence as an alternative. If everyone stopped pleading you would have the same backlog "upending" the court system. Think that's the case in Oregon, no deals so everyone wants to goto trial.
New York, and police in the US in general, have a long history of coercing confessions out of people. There are many reasons why people might confess to a crime they didn't commit, and threats of overly harsh sentences are one of them. Roughly 1 in 6 convictions that are overturned in the US involve a false confession. Anytime there is evidence that someone was coerced to confess, there should be a thorough review. Her calling such filings frivolous offends me to the core.
Trials are how it's supposed to work. I'd argue the plea bargain system de facto violates the right to a fair trial since the vast majority of prisoners never got one