““we are in danger of becoming a society in which prosecutors alone become judges, juries and executioners because the threat of high sentences makes it too costly for even innocent people to resist the prosecutorial pressure. That is why nearly all criminal defendants today plead guilty to “reduced” charges rather than risk a trial with draconian sentences in the event of a conviction.””
![“Guilt or innocence becomes irrelevant in the criminal trials as we flounder in a morass of artificial rules poorly conceived and often impossible [to apply].” quote by Warren E. Burger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5cc/warren-e-burger-20339_crime_guilt-or-innocence-becomes-irrelevant-in_2010019.jpg)
