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plea deals should just be outlawed. They only benefit the government and hurt the poor. If every felony had to be taken to trial the government would be quick t
by marme 10y ago
plea deals should just be outlawed. They only benefit the government and hurt the poor. If every felony had to be taken to trial the government would be quick to stop wasting their time arresting people for a single crack rock or other petty drug crimes. For people who plead guilty you can let the judge show leniency on them but most people would clearly fight things they were not guilty of if there was no incentive to plea to a lesser charge. It is the same with why most patent trolls are successful because it is easy to just pay them than to fight. If you make it so fighting and accepting it have the same risk than more people would fight