U.S. criminal justice system
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Apr 26, 2021
Conrad: Prosecutors control U.S. sentencing as 98% of cases plead out
“Because in our system, people believe, they believe falsely, that it is juries and judges that decide these sentences, and that's not true. It's prosecutors. Prosecutors decide the whole thing, because 98% of these cases don't go to trial. They plead out.”