"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" - Martin Luther King Jr. "A plea bargain allows the parties to agree on the outcome and settle the pending charge. (Plea Bargain)" Plea bargaining is a new way of obtaining a conviction. A trial and jury are becoming less and less common: "most estimates are that approximately 90% of all criminal cases are settled through plea bargains. (Heisse)" There are different types of bargaining, and there are …
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…however, justice would be even less likely to be served if it were not for plea negotiations. It treats criminals and guarantees that none go unpunished while allowing the defendants to get away with more than the maximum penalties. Even though the convictions should be harsher, the criminal justice system in Canada does what it should; those who commit wrong acts, as decided by the courts, go punished and that's all we as society want.