The issue isn't whether every case should go to trial. A plea bargain is an exchange of (forgoing) a trial for a reduced charge or sentence. The undesirable o

The issue isn't whether every case should go to trial. A plea bargain is an exchange of (forgoing) a trial for a reduced charge or sentence. The undesirable outcome (for pretty much everyone but the prosecutor) is that an innocent person accepts a plea bargain to avoid the worst outcome, and we should do more to prevent this from happening. > If there's a suspicion of false confession, meaning that the suspect may not be the offender Are you assuming that this represents a minority of cases? Who has to suspect that the accused is not really guilty, a jury of his peers?