Question

what safeguards and guidelines have been put in place to stop innocent defendants from being coerced into pleading guilty?

Answer 1

Answer:

I'm not really sure, but I think the reading of the Miranda rights is one of them and then there is the fifth amendment of the constitution which tells us that "no individual shall be forced in a criminal case to be a witness against himself in the case."

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