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Few people choose this because of the "trail penalty". If you're found guilty in a trial, you get a 2-4 times longer sentence than the plea deal would have giv
by BurningFrog 3y ago
Few people choose this because of the "trail penalty".
If you're found guilty in a trial, you get a 2-4 times longer sentence than the plea deal would have given.
So the theoretical right to a trial remains, but exercising that right is heavily penalized. To me that means the right is for practical purposes no longer exists.
- ceejayoz 3y agoSure, that's why it's a deal. You say penalty, they say bargain. Both are true. For folks who've genuinely committed big-boy crimes, a plea bargain is great; for falsely accused innocents it presents an unpleasant dilemma at times. My being able to opt to voluntarily testify doesn't mean the right to remain silent doesn't exist. We'd have no rights by your definition.
- BurningFrog 3y agoYou can think of it that way if you want, sure. Another angle is that plead bargains are necessary to put as many people in jail as we do. The judicial system would completely break down if it needed to have 50x as many trials.
- ceejayoz 3y ago> The judicial system would completely break down if it needed to have 50x as many trials. Yes. I'd argue that's not universally or even mostly a good thing.