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Impact Of Plea Bargaining On The Criminal Justice System

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Plea bargaining has multiple impacts on the criminal justice system, positive and negative. In this paper I am going to be explaining to you why I think it has a positive impact and how it aids with the efficiency of the criminal justice system. There are a lot of ways plea bargaining affects the criminal justice system in positive ways such as allows the courts to go through cases a lot faster than if there was no plea bargaining. In 2004, for defendants 96% were convicted of felonies in federal courts. In the criminal justice system there are is a large amount of criminal cases. The court system wants to get rid of these cases as quickly as possible for maximum efficiency. That is where plea bargaining comes in to play. It helps the court

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