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Originally Posted by SebC
I wouldn't want to be the DA who takes the heat for making that offer. I doubt the cop could offer anything to make it worthwhile.
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Plea deals aren't always about offering something, in fact more often than not they are about guaranteeing the guilty conviction because anything can happen when it goes to jury, jurors are always a wildcard. So, DAs will offer deals to try to ensure it never goes to court.
They also use plea deals to manipulate people they have arrested that have poor representation to plead guilty when they aren't, especially those without money for effective representation. it is not uncommon for public defenders to convince their clients claiming innocence to take a plea deal under the pretense of a shorter sentence being better than being found guilty in court.