So reticence deserves a 20 year sentence taken down to 5? Are you sure it wasn't just inflated to 20 years to push people into taking the 5 year sentence? firs

So reticence deserves a 20 year sentence taken down to 5? Are you sure it wasn't just inflated to 20 years to push people into taking the 5 year sentence? first degree and second degree are two different charges, which obviously should have two different sentences. What I am talking about is that the sentence for the same crime goes from 20 years to 5 if you waive your rights. How can the punishment for the same crime vary by that much? Why is there so much written about the trial tax? How is it voluntary and not coerced to threat someone with 15 more years if they don't sign a plea? If I threaten to lock you in my basement for 15 years if you don't sign over your car's pink slip, is that coercion? But when it's the FULL WEIGHT OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT threatening me while I am 100% under their control and authority, somehow that is NOT coercion?