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They choose that, because trial sentences are 2-4 times longer than plea deals. You can choose to go to trial, but if you do, you will be severely punished for
by BurningFrog 5y ago
They choose that, because trial sentences are 2-4 times longer than plea deals.
You can choose to go to trial, but if you do, you will be severely punished for that choice.
This is one major reason so many innocent people are jailed in the US.
- dionidium 5y agoA vanishingly small percentage of these defendants are innocent. Prison reform cannot proceed rationally unless everybody involved admits that nearly all the people who go to prison did indeed commit a serious crime.