Comment Plea bargins (Score 2) 83
Is it a coincidence, that 90% of prisoners in the US are there on confessions alone?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plea_bargaining_in_the_United_States
Because of this, people who might have been acquitted because of lack of evidence, or who are in fact truly innocent, will often plead guilty to a charge. Why? In a word, fear.
Theoretical work based on the prisoner's dilemma is one reason why, in many countries (including mine), plea bargaining is illegal.