[I cannot think of a name]

Of course the reason most people DON'T go to trial is because they are offered a deal. I suspect prosecutors would simply start seeking the maximum for everyone that insists on going to trial. By the way, this is only true for local and state courts. In Federal courts people usually beg for a deal.

[Ouderkirk]

Of those who take a plea deal, They take the deal because the prosecutor has them dead to rights, and a trail would get them significantly more prison time.

There is always the chance of a acquittal, but those are some pretty long odds.

[Donnafrflorida]

Exactly
Here in polkcounty even the innocent are petrified to not plea. They threaten to throw the book at you
At 830 am Bartow court house haa people two deep wrapping around the building..

[Jim from C-Town]

I disagree. The thesis is WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? If just 20% or 30% of those accused of a crime, particularly drug related crimes, demanded a speedy and fair trial by a jury of their peers, all chaos would break lose.

This has more to do with the massive amount of activities that are illegal in today's over regulated society. If a grown man or woman wants to ingest a intoxicating substance, what right does a supposed Free Society have against that? If a person wants to build a building on his own property, what right does the EPA have to tell them, NO this is a wet land.