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Only 2% of the incarcerated population has had a trial[0]. How can we even prove that there is a crime problem with that type of statistic? 0: https://github.c
by the_jeremy 6y ago
Only 2% of the incarcerated population has had a trial[0]. How can we even prove that there is a crime problem with that type of statistic?
0: https://github.com/MKorostoff/incarceration-in-real-numbers/blob/master/SOURCES.md#plea-bargains https://github.com/MKorostoff/incarceration-in-real-numbers/...
- smegma2 6y agoDo we have something to compare this number to? Don't we expect most crimes to not go to trial, if the convicted person agrees that they committed the crime?
- imgabe 6y agoDo they agree that they committed the crime or are they just making a tradeoff of a definite 5 years vs. a probable 25 years or something similar due to plea bargains?
- smegma2 6y agoThat's what I'm wondering, is there a way to measure how common this situation is? I'd be curious to see
- spaetzleesser 6y agoFrom what I am reading, especially in drug cases this the tradeoff a lot of people are making. Add to this being poor and lacking legal education this is a rational choice.
- the_jeremy 6y agoFrance has 4% plea bargains[0], so 96% trials. 0: http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/olin_center/fellows_papers/pdf/Givati_39.pdf http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/olin_center/fellows_pape...