>>6220768 (l/b)

>We all want equal justice under the law.

Not possible with the systemic use and abuse of plea bargaining that exists within the USA criminal justice system. The following linked article explains why.

https://www.cairn.info/revue-internationale-de-droit-penal-2012-1-page-109.htm#

"Criminal justice today is for the most part a system of pleas, not a system of trials.”

Justice Anthony Kennedy, Missouri v. Frye (2012)

"Our entire criminal justice system has shifted far away from trials and juries and adjudication to a massive system of sentence bargaining that is heavily rigged against the accused citizen."

William Young, (then) Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Massachusetts, U.S. v. Richard Green (2004)