97 percent of federal cases and 94 percent of state cases end in a plea deal. That's a conviction rate comparable to the most authoritarian regimes in the world

97 percent of federal cases and 94 percent of state cases end in a plea deal. That's a conviction rate comparable to the most authoritarian regimes in the world. Sentencing is mostly in the gift of the prosecutor, not a judge. Threatened charges without much to back them up are common, and you don't have time to investigate them because the plea deal is time limited. This is a way, way, bigger scandal than Ulbricht.