Yes. In the USA the Feds set extremely high sentence lengths (30-50 years is common). They then offer a plea for 5-10. If you don't take the plea and go to tria

Yes. In the USA the Feds set extremely high sentence lengths (30-50 years is common). They then offer a plea for 5-10. If you don't take the plea and go to trial and lose, your sentence (for the exact same crime and events that they offered you 5-10) is raised to 30-50. It is called the trail tax, you can Google it. In the US a person exercising their constitutional rights is considered during sentencing to be worth more time in prison than the actual crime/acts committed. Because remember, the judge would accept 5-10 as a reasonable sentence for the crime/acts committed IF it was a plea, but sentences to 30-50 if it is a trial. The criminal acts committed are still the same, only in one case the person has the trial tax imposed. Going to trial is considered WORSE than the crime by American judges.