Plea Bargaining Appears to Result from Two Overriding Factors

question 10

Multiple Choice

Plea bargaining appears to result from two overriding factors:

• A)Most cases have few issues of fact or law to be established at trial,because the evidence against the defendant is or is not present.
• B)The risks of going to trial are high for both sides;at trial even an "open-and-shut" case can be lost because of victims and witnesses who may be poor witnesses,and at trial even a case with weak evidence can be decided in favor of the prosecution.
• C)All of the above
• D)None of the above

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