The only real motivation the accused has to enter into a
plea bargain arrangement with a prosecutor is that it almost always means a lesser
charge will be applied, or more lenient sentencing will take
place.
For that reason, someone who commits a gruesome
murder or otherwise violent attack might be charged with manslaughter, or indecent
liberties as opposed to murder or rape, and with a much lighter sentence for those
crimes, one could argue that justice is not being
served.
What's more, many who enter into plea bargains are
minorities or the poor, who, on advice of a public defender or the attorney they can
afford, plead guilty even if they are innocent because they believe, rightly or wrongly,
that they will be convicted nmo matter what, so they might as well get the best deal
possible. This isn't justice either.
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