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<blockquote data-quote="takethepoints" data-source="post: 427891" data-attributes="member: 265"><p>This is both true and false. PDs are overloaded, but most prosecutors are too. That's why the plea system came into being and why it remains in place. And, yes, usually the defendants taking a plea are doing it to avoid a stiffer sentence. But they are offered the plea because, in most cases, the state is ready to go to trial and there's enough evidence to convict. (I was part of a jury that was 5 minutes from being sworn in when the defendant plead out.) The system works better then it is usually portrayed; the cases that go to trial (except capital offenses) are usually ones where the evidence is equivocal. Very few of those.</p><p></p><p>To get a great view of how this works, goto:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://kaltura.uga.edu/media/t/1_6qmhqbkc/33785631" target="_blank">https://kaltura.uga.edu/media/t/1_6qmhqbkc/33785631</a></p><p></p><p>This is the first part of <em>Real Justice</em>, the great Frontline on the Boston court system. Mind, this is how things work in a <em>well-funded</em> system. In Georgia everything is harder for both sides.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takethepoints, post: 427891, member: 265"] This is both true and false. PDs are overloaded, but most prosecutors are too. That's why the plea system came into being and why it remains in place. And, yes, usually the defendants taking a plea are doing it to avoid a stiffer sentence. But they are offered the plea because, in most cases, the state is ready to go to trial and there's enough evidence to convict. (I was part of a jury that was 5 minutes from being sworn in when the defendant plead out.) The system works better then it is usually portrayed; the cases that go to trial (except capital offenses) are usually ones where the evidence is equivocal. Very few of those. To get a great view of how this works, goto: [URL]https://kaltura.uga.edu/media/t/1_6qmhqbkc/33785631[/URL] This is the first part of [I]Real Justice[/I], the great Frontline on the Boston court system. Mind, this is how things work in a [I]well-funded[/I] system. In Georgia everything is harder for both sides. [/QUOTE]
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