98% of criminal cases in federal courts end with a plea bargain — a practice that puts efficiency over fairness and leads to innocent people being coerced into pleading guilty, an American Bar Association report finds.
A new report finds that the vast majority of criminal cases end in a plea bargain. The American Bar Association says the practice puts efficiency over fairness and leads to innocent people being coerced to plead guilty.A new report finds that the vast majority of criminal cases end in a plea bargain. The American Bar Association says the practice puts efficiency over fairness and leads to innocent people being coerced to plead guilty.
"Trials have become rare legal artifacts in most U.S. jurisdictions, and even nonexistent in others," theAside from the paltry number of trials in the federal system, states including Pennsylvania, Texas and New York have trial rates of less than three percent. In Santa Cruz County, Ariz., there were no trials from 2010 to 2012, the report said.
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