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Criminal Injustice returns with new episodes later this month. Until then, we're reposting some of our favorite interviews. This episode originally appeared\xa0April 16, 2019.

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American prosecutors have always been powerful figures in our justice system: they decide the charges, and offer the plea bargains. But our guest says they have become far too powerful \u2013 resulting in mass incarceration and the wrecking of human lives over trivial offenses.

Emily Bazelon, best-selling author and a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine, says it\u2019s time for this to change. She\u2019s the author of \u201cCharged: The New Movement to Transform American Criminal Justice and End Mass Incarceration.\u201d