From my colleague @foxmike90.bsky.social: A new bipartisan bill in Congress takes aim at the "trial penalty" and prosecutorial leverage in today's coercive system of plea bargaining. It would direct that judges review the entire history of plea negotiations in sentencing.
While this reform will not on its own dismantle the unduly coercive plea-bargaining regime entirely, it strips prosecutors of their ability to act as judge, jury, and executioner through their chargin...
