Prosecutors offer plea concessions even where guilt evidence is conclusive.

Evidence

Yet virtual certainty of conviction at trial does not preclude plea bargaining. Prosecutors are willing to offer concessions even in cases in which the evidence of guilt is conclusive. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1730

Categorization

• XREF: Complicates the assumption that plea bargaining exists mainly to resolve uncertain or weak cases; ties to course questions on administrative efficiency versus trial. — connects to: Defendants plead guilty even when bargaining offers no concessions. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1813; Plea bargaining persists even when caseload and evidence cannot explain it — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1773; Settlement and plea bargaining are priced by the anticipated trial outcome — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1256 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Plea bargaining persists even when caseload and evidence cannot explain it #expands (0.95) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1773
• Defendants plead guilty even when bargaining offers no concessions. #complicates (0.85) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1813
• Settlement and plea bargaining are priced by the anticipated trial outcome #qualifies (0.80) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1256
• Prosecutors, not judges, dominate U.S. criminal outcomes via plea bargaining #qualifies (0.80)
• No evidence shows plea bargaining is more corrupt than trial disposition #complicates (0.75) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1810