RaveThe Wall Street Journal...[an] extremely important book ... Mr. Pfaff also makes a compelling case that incarceration disrupts the lives of the incarcerated and their families long after they have served their time. Only half of those released are able to find employment within a year of getting out ... Once prosecutors decide to prosecute a case, Mr. Pfaff shows, they convince defendants to plead guilty 95% of the time. Letting prosecutors threaten long sentences and plea-bargain down means that pretty much nobody has his day in court.
