Plea bargains should be illegal. The state cannot only afford to take a small percentage of cases to trial, so there's an institutional imperative to force peo

Plea bargains should be illegal. The state cannot only afford to take a small percentage of cases to trial, so there's an institutional imperative to force people to take pleas, which they do by overcharging. Just from a purely game theory perspective, as a defendant you can easily find yourself in a position where it's stupid to reject the bargain even if you're innocent.