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In fairness to the prosecution, pushing for the same exact sentence that the defendant refused to accept on a "gracious" plea bargain is poor economic policy. I
by mpyne 14y ago
In fairness to the prosecution, pushing for the same exact sentence that the defendant refused to accept on a "gracious" plea bargain is poor economic policy. If the plea bargain sentence is really sufficient then there needs to be incentive to take the plea.
7 years is far less than the maximum sentence so she's still correct in saying they didn't push for the maximum (pending other evidence that might come out).
- scott_s 14y agoNot doing it is poor strategy, yes, but that doesn't mean that we have to accept it as good public policy. I found the recently posted paper on the German system enlightening: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5059044 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5059044