#abolishpleadeals — Public Fediverse posts
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CW: us politics
> Plea bargaining is a significant part of the criminal justice system in the United States; the vast majority (roughly 90%)[18] of criminal cases in the United States are settled by plea bargain rather than by a jury trial.[19]
That is, 90% of them are setled without proving guilt in court. #InnocentUntilProvenGuilty #AbolishPleaDeals