Trial by jury is “enshrined” in the Constitution as a part of the Bill of Rights.  In order to suggest the importance of criminal-trial rights, I refer to Lavrentiy Beria, chief of Soviet Union’s security and secret police in the 1940s until 1953. He said, “Show me the man and I will produce the crime.”  Plea bargaining might … Continue reading The Constitution, Plea Bargaining and Justice →