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Re:Prosecutor as bully by agwa on Saturday January 12, 2013 @02:18PM (#5048591)
It's actually 97%, at least as of 2010:

http://www.ussc.gov/Data_and_Statistics/Annual_Reports_and_S...

Unfortunately that's down at the moment but you can use the Google Cache:

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:WCmq1ybmBqAJ:...

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Re:Prosecutor as bully by downandout on Saturday January 12, 2013 @02:21PM (#5048597)
Corrected, thanks. The 94% figure was from 2001 I believe. Apparently it's gone up.
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Re:Prosecutor as bully by agwa on Saturday January 12, 2013 @02:30PM (#5048621)
Up indeed. It was "only" 84% in 1990.

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plea_bargaining_in_the_United_S... and http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000087239639044358930457763...

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