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Over the years plea bargaining has become the way for the Administration of Justice in America and Canada’s criminal trials. Accused criminals are giving up the rights to a fair trial, to indeed plead guilty, in order to receive a much lesser charge, more comfortable prison, or even to agree to testify against someone else. Fewer than ten percent of criminal cases brought up by the federal government even make it to the federal courts to be tried before juries each year. “According to one legal scholar, every two seconds during a typical workday, a criminal case is disposed of in an American courtroom by way of a guilty plea or nolo contendere plea� (Lynch, par. 1). Which ultimately means more than ninety percent of criminal cases are never tried, and proven to the juries in the court of law? Plea bargaining has shown throughout the years many advantages and disadvantages in the court of law, but is plea bargaining ethical and should it continue to be practiced in......

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