Americans have always been able to have a speedy trial by a cross section of their peers. This right was given to us by our forefathers that wrote the Bill of Rights as the 6th amendment. Over the years, even though this “right” is guaranteed to the American people; many of us do not see this process take place. What is taking place now is called plea bargaining. What plea bargaining is, is a lesser sentence, if you do not go to court and just plead guilty for the crime. What has happened is many people have been locked up in criminal prisons now and are innocent. You may ask how this could happen. Some one is accused of a crime, he's taken to his hearing and his public defender says, " You can't win this case; you should take this plea bargain and just take prison time. Many time after the defendant says that the people believe them and they are carted off to jail without further a due. We as Americans should rise up and say we do not want this system of crime control in our country any longer.
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