The sixth amendment has been given to every citizen in the United States. Choosing to use it is one of the freedoms we are given by the articles of confederation, yet most people opt out to choose the plea bargain. Plea bargaining has been a much more favorable option not only to the people using it but in the court system itself. This method saves money, time and reduces charges if selected to applicable offenders. In this excerpt I hope to inform you of the positive and negative affects of the plea bargain in the past society as well as our modern day court system. A plea bargain is an agreement from which the person who committed the act agrees to plead guilty for a more favorable outcome. Favorable outcomes include reductions in sentencing or being charged which a lesser crime. Although very new to the American criminal justice system, about 90 percent of all cases today are settled through this agreement. But what if people used their sixth amendment right instead? HG.org has stated that, “It is not uncommon for a jury trial to cost more than $1 million for both the prosecutor and the criminal …show more content…
They would like for you to accept the plea deal, realize your mistakes and move on to save everyone time. In certain situations when you're under stress and don't know what to do you'd like to have someone help you out and make choices for you. Having a knowledgeable person persuade you to do something makes you believe that his or her decision is ultimately right and that you should trust his opinion. I believe this is why we have so many people taking plea bargains and not fighting their cases, they're trusting someone else with their