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. Plea bargaining does not focus on determining guilt or innocence.

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. Defendants with identical charges, similar records, and equal culpability who appear before the same judge can receive drastically different sentences.

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. The prosecution is first to make an opening argument.

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. Ideally, determinate sentencing assigns a fixed sentence to each offender convicted of a particular crime.

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. Mandatory minimum laws are very amenable to probation and alternative sentencing.

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. Plea bargaining benefits no one.

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. Trials can last months for complicated cases.

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. Motions are important in a trial.

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. Many states allow a jury of six for some types of cases.

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. Criminal trials happen relatively often.

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