DOJ: Guilty Pleas Won’t Require Waiver for Bad Counsel Claims

The Department of Justice will no longer ask defendants who accept a plea deal to waive their rights to appeal their case based on bad advice given by their defense attorneys. This is a bit of a departure from plea bargain tactics employed by federal prosecutors, which sometimes involve......



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