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If you ask someone involved in the court system, they will tell you that plea deals are actually vital within the current court system. The judiciary is, in gen
by 4yt23623576 10y ago
If you ask someone involved in the court system, they will tell you that plea deals are actually vital within the current court system. The judiciary is, in general, so underfunded in many jurisdictions that it would be simply impossible to try every case. Plea deals lessen the burden on the courts.
Obviously, this shouldn't be seen as a defense of plea deals, merely an explanation of one of the incentives that currently exist for them.
Properly funding our court systems would remove this incentive.
- talmand 10y agoWe would also have to do something about piling on stupid charges in an effort to force a plea deal as well.
- DugFin 10y agoThere should probably be a restriction on offering plea bargains, basically eliminating "plead to a lesser charge". The DA should be allowed to prosecute no more than the charges they want you to plead to. Piling on charges is coercion, threatening a good chance of ruining your entire life vs. a guarantee of only ruining a little of it.
- throwaway729 10y agoIn that case there's no incentive to take the deal, especially for serious crimes.
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