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It's actually 97%, at least as of 2010: http://www.ussc.gov/Data_and_Statistics/Annual_Reports_and_Sourcebooks/2010/FigureC.pdf http://www.ussc.gov/Data_and_St
by agwa 14y ago
It's actually 97%, at least as of 2010:
http://www.ussc.gov/Data_and_Statistics/Annual_Reports_and_Sourcebooks/2010/FigureC.pdf http://www.ussc.gov/Data_and_Statistics/Annual_Reports_and_S...
Unfortunately that's down at the moment but you can use the Google Cache:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:WCmq1ybmBqAJ:www.ussc.gov/Data_and_Statistics/Annual_Reports_and_Sourcebooks/2010/FigureC.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESilXv1aaDbX21Km_l4NgARe-6wI_aYmpDvcY9OMNMrayeLIJg-01o2tWEp1GeoYRgZ2pMXg7LkK5OQyI0q4ZDbArNevFiRd-nlp1q7MgMw-LO2C4LwopppI9RyzcLD9sopM3yeB&sig=AHIEtbR4psMUugvn_bV47GYdgak35_JkoQ https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:WCmq1ybmBqAJ:...
- downandout 14y agoCorrected, thanks. The 94% figure was from 2001 I believe. Apparently it's gone up.
- agwa 14y agoUp indeed. It was "only" 84% in 1990. Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plea_bargaining_in_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plea_bargaining_in_the_United_S... and http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443589304577637610097206808.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000087239639044358930457763...
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