Do we have something to compare this number to? Don't we expect most crimes to not go to trial, if the convicted person agrees that they committed the crime?
Cool, thanks for the paper. It looks interesting from the abstract.
France trial are not "jury of your peer" trial. If I'm not mistaken, only the "Cour d'assises" has jurors. "Being judged by your peer" is not an enshrined Right in Europe.
Do they agree that they committed the crime or are they just making a tradeoff of a definite 5 years vs. a probable 25 years or something similar due to plea bargains?
That's what I'm wondering, is there a way to measure how common this situation is? I'd be curious to see
From what I am reading, especially in drug cases this the tradeoff a lot of people are making. Add to this being poor and lacking legal education this is a rational choice.