>other than time/resource availability Time and resource availability is the whole reason plea bargains happen to begin with. Even if you hire more judges and

>other than time/resource availability Time and resource availability is the whole reason plea bargains happen to begin with. Even if you hire more judges and build more courtrooms, going to trial may not help unless defendants get good lawyers who can spend a lot of time on their cases. These are not hallmarks of public defender offices in states with budget woes (i.e. almost all of them).