Plea bargaining – in which accuser and accused strike a deal – is not an aspect of legal process with which anyone should feel comfortable. The defendant benefits from a lighter sentence than might, or might not, have been imposed. The prosecutor does not have to rely on the costly and uncertain outcome of a trial, and gains evidence that can be used to convict others. As a result, justice is neither done nor seen to be done.
诉辩交易——即检方与被告达成交易——不是任何人都应感到自在的一种法律程序上的安排。被告获益于较轻的量刑，甚至不判刑，而检方无需依赖成本高昂、而结果没有把握的审判过程，并能收集到足以对他人定罪的证据。其结果是，正义没有得到伸张，更没有给人以正义得到伸张的印象。
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