Frontline is een Amerikaanse docu serie van de zender PBS. De serie ging in première op 17 januari 1983.
Sinds de start in 1983 heeft Frontline documentaires over openbare aangelegenheden uitgezonden die een breed scala aan complexe menselijke ervaringen onderzoeken. Het doel van Frontline is om de impact van de documentaire verder te laten gaan dan de oorspronkelijke uitzending door als katalysator voor verandering te dienen.
It is the centerpiece of America's judicial process: the trial by jury system that places a defendant's fate in the hands of a jury of one's peers. But just how many citizens are aware that nearly 95 percent of all criminal cases never reach a jury but instead are settled through plea bargains? To overworked and understaffed defense lawyers prosecutors and jurists plea bargains are the safety valve that keeps cases moving through our backlogged courts. Critics however contend that the push to resolve cases through plea bargains jeopardizes the constitutional rights of defendants who may be pressured to admit their guilt whether they're guilty or not. In this 90-minute documentary FRONTLINE explores the moral judicial and constitutional implications of relying on plea bargains to expedite justice.