Yeah, there's a reason 98% of cases never go to trial. Adding up all these kinds of charges allows the prosecutor to say "Hey, with these charges you could go

Yeah, there's a reason 98% of cases never go to trial. Adding up all these kinds of charges allows the prosecutor to say "Hey, with these charges you could go to jail for 300 years. Or... you could just plead guilty to what we went after you for." Doesn't matter if you're innocent or guilty. Game theory (born out by statistics) says you take the plea. If they made me king tomorrow the first thing I would do is make plea bargains illegal.