Plea bargaining – in which accuser and accused strike a deal – is not an aspect of legal process with which anyone should feel comfortable. The defendant benefits from a lighter sentence than might, or might not, have been imposed. The prosecutor does not have to rely on the costly and uncertain outcome of a trial, and gains evidence that can be used to convict others. As a result, justice is neither done nor seen to be done.
訴辯交易——即檢方與被告達成交易——不是任何人都應感到自在的一種法律程式上的安排。被告獲益於較輕的量刑，甚至不判刑，而檢方無需依賴成本高昂、而結果沒有把握的審判過程，並能收集到足以對他人定罪的證據。其結果是，正義沒有得到伸張，更沒有給人以正義得到伸張的印象。
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