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res0nat0r on Jan 17, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: How the Drug War Disappeared the Jury Trial

> Why else would the plea bargain stay on the table.

> So why don't prosecutors want to go to trial? Because the have extremely large case loads, ...

These two items can both be true in the eyes of the prosecutor yes?

TeMPOraL on Jan 17, 2014 [–]

The problem appears when no. 2 is true, but no. 1 is not. Now we have a conflict of interests.

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