Defendants plead guilty even when bargaining offers no concessions.

Evidence

More troubling is the charge that in plea bargaining, defendants aregeoereed?into pleading guilty and waiving their constitutional right to trial. Advocates of plea bargaining note that most defendants are eager to plead guilty. They even plead guilty when, as in Alaska after the abolition of plea bargaining, they can expect no concessions for their : CHAPTER 6 CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND THE COURTS 187 admission of guilt. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1813

Categorization

• QUESTION: If defendants plead guilty without concessions, what actually drives the plea — caseload, detention, or something else? Worth chasing in the abolition literature.
• XREF: connects to: Prosecutors offer plea concessions even where guilt evidence is conclusive. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1730; Plea bargaining persists even when caseload and evidence cannot explain it — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1773; Prosecutors, not judges, dominate U.S. criminal outcomes via plea bargaining (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Caseload pressures alone cannot explain plea bargaining rates #corroborates (0.95)
• Plea bargaining persists even when caseload and evidence cannot explain it #complicates (0.90) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1773
• Filing a complaint can signal resolve and push defendants toward settlement negotiation. #exemplifies (0.90) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2219
• Prosecutors, not judges, dominate U.S. criminal outcomes via plea bargaining #expands (0.85)
• Rising caseloads without matching resources drove the spread of plea bargaining #contradicts (0.85) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1765
• Settlement and plea bargaining are priced by the anticipated trial outcome #expands (0.85) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1256
• Plea bargaining shifts sentencing control from legislatures to courtroom actors’ discretion #expands (0.85) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1809
• Defendants may waive statutory appeal rights via plea agreements #responds-to (0.80) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1120
• Severity of charges drives defendants toward trial or negotiated pleas #qualifies (0.80) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1664