Multiple Choice
Plea bargaining appears to result from two overriding factors:
A) Most cases have few issues of fact or law to be established at trial,because the evidence against the defendant is or is not present.
B) The risks of going to trial are high for both sides;at trial even an "open-and-shut" case can be lost because of victims and witnesses who may be poor witnesses,and at trial even a case with weak evidence can be decided in favor of the prosecution.
C) All of the above
D) None of the above
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