Very Few Arrests Go All The Way To Trial. Why Not?
Why do so few arrests reach trial? With roughly 11 million arrests a year, most resolve without one, confirms Pierce County, Washington attorney Spencer Freeman. But he cautions against assuming the rest are all plea bargains. Many cases end in dismissal instead—through a defense motion, witness or evidentiary problems, or a constitutional violation that sinks the prosecution.
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Answered by Spencer Freeman · Pierce County, WA
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— why not every case that avoids trial ends in a plea bargain
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Why do so few arrests reach trial?
With roughly 11 million arrests a year, most resolve without one—but not all the rest are plea bargains. Many cases end in dismissal instead, through a defense motion, witness or evidentiary problems, or a constitutional violation that sinks the prosecution.
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