AdvertisementHigh Court Expands Defendants' Plea Bargain RightsMarch 21, 2012Nina TotenbergfacebookEmailSupreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, shown on Capitol Hill in April 2011, wrote the court's ruling Wednesday that for the most part, plea bargaining determines "who goes to jail and for how long. It is not some adjunct to the criminal justice system. It is the criminal justice system." (AP)