The process of plea-bargaining is an issue viewed in various lights based on the individual's role in this judicial process. Plea-bargaining may be beneficial to the rightfully accused allowing them a lighter sentence; however, if wrongfully accused, it could afford them their freedom. A plea bargain is an agreement in a criminal case where a prosecutor and a defendant arrange to end the case against the defendant before it goes to a judge or jury …showed first 75 words of 1044 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1044 total…criminal cases were to go to trial, the court system would be overwhelmed and defendants would wind up spending more time in jail waiting to go to trial. Many have argued that the American criminal justice system would simply cease to function without plea-bargaining, and that it forms a negotiating process allowing the accused and his accusers to reach an agreement which settles the case once and for all, in a spirit of judicial fairness.