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Do 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 ago
  Do 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 ago
    That's what I'm wondering, is there a way to measure how common this situation is? I'd be curious to see
  • spaetzleesser 6y ago
    From 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 ago
  France 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...
  • smegma2 6y ago
    Cool, thanks for the paper. It looks interesting from the abstract.
  • alacombe 6y ago
    France trial are not "jury of your peer" trial. If I'm not mistaken, only the "Cour d'assises" has jurors. "Being judged by your peer" is not an enshrined Right in Europe.