Argument: Resolving a case quickly by plea bargaining relieves undue stress to the defendant

Support

• Criminal Lawyers and Procedure. “Defendants’ Incentives for Accepting Plea Bargains.” Retrieved 10.24.07 – “Resolving the matter quickly. This has the intangible benefit, touched on above, of providing resolution to the stress of being charged with a crime. Going to trial usually requires a much longer wait — and causes much more stress — than taking a plea bargain.”

Counter-arguments