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A plea bargain might not result in probation; I doubt it would except in excpetional cases. But a plea could very well result in a shorter active sentence.
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Sometimes WAY too short as in the above mentioned case in Mass. where the guy got out after 4 years and then raped a 6 year old in a library bathroom.
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I know that lots of people have a very negative view of plea bargains. However, unless society is willing to put in the resources that would be necessary to try every case -- court facilities and staff, more judges, more assistant district attorneys, funding for more court appointed defense lawyers, more jail facilities for those who are sentenced to active time or longer terms of imprisonment, more corrections officers, etc. -- they aren't going away.
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That's very true, and sad.
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