“The efficient transformation of defendants into prisoners cannot be the standard by which we assess our criminal justice system. If the possibility of sending someone like Chris Williams to prison for the rest of his life is so obviously unfair, why does the law allow it, let alone mandate it?”
http://reason.com/archives/2013/01/02/plead-guilty-or-go-to-prison-for-life
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