I negate the resolution; Plea bargaining ought to be abolished in the United States criminal justice system. I value societal welfare defined as the application of judicial practices and protection of society. My criterion to support my value is developing an effective justice system. This means that in a world of compromise, the most success is achieved by giving the greatest good to the greatest number of people. This belief applies directly to plea bargaining, the most justice must be delt to the greatest number of people. Societal welfare is best upheld with a criterion of maintaining an effective justice system defined as the system of practices and institutions of governments directed at upholding social control, deterring and mitigating crime, or sanctioning those who violate laws with criminal penalties and rehabilitation efforts...
Contention I: Plea Bargaining increases the overall judicial efficiency
A. Plea Bargaining leads to
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Eliminating plea bargains would clog up the courts almost indefinitely.” In 1992 court systems in the Bronx abolished plea bargaining, as a result the number of pending cases grew. At the end of September, 51 percent of pending felony indictments exceeded the six-month statutory period allotted for a speedy trial - one year later it grew to 60.5 %. The same is modeled in Alaska, Their Trial rates more than doubled in the two years after the ban. This shows that By abolishing plea bargaining we subject ourselves to serious congestion within the court's and violate defendants rights. “The system would collapse if every case that was filed in the criminal justice system were to be set for trial," says Judge Caprice Cosper . The court system heavily relies on the use of pleas to keep the system moving; they enable courts to handle a lot more “traffic”—to resolve more criminal cases than they could through