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# Somil Trivedi Of the ACLU on how plea bargains are coercive 

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##### Somil Trivedi 

Senior Staff Attorney, Criminal Law Reform Project, American Civil Liberties Union

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##### [Caleb O. Brown](/people/caleb-o-brown)

Former Director of Multimedia, Host and Executive Producer, *Cato Daily Podcast*, Cato Institute