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Re:Martin Shkreli is found guilty of securities fraud by wfo on Friday August 04, 2017 @04:45PM (#14932091)
You're right the US has a huge incarceration rate, but jury trials have nothing to do with this, since in the US trials functionally do not exist. I don't remember the numbers exactly (and they are changing and they differ by state/federal) but something like 1-5% of people thrown in jail actually go to trial.
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Re:Martin Shkreli is found guilty of securities fraud by chki on Friday August 04, 2017 @05:34PM (#14932495)
But wouldn't the fact that trials might be favoring conviction (I'm not saying they do, but just as a hypothesis) also drastically change the outcome of those non-trial cases (mainly plea bargains, I guess)? If I expect to be convicted, I'm more likely to agree to a worse plea bargain.
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Re:Martin Shkreli is found guilty of securities fraud by emodendroket on Friday August 04, 2017 @07:16PM (#14933159)
I've not seen any reason to believe juries are more likely to convict.
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Re:Martin Shkreli is found guilty of securities fraud by chki on Saturday August 05, 2017 @11:58AM (#14936306)
That might be true but it was not my point. I was merely arguing that not seeing many cases actually go to trial is not an argument that can be made in this case.
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