<story><title>Confessions of an Ex-Prosecutor	(2016)</title><url>http://reason.com/archives/2016/06/23/confessions-of-an-ex-prosecutor</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>segmondy</author><text>One thing I would love to see taken off is plea deals.   It&amp;#x27;s abused often, &amp;quot;plead guilt and do 2 yrs take a chance that if you lose we will give you the maximum 20 yrs&amp;quot;  If someone deserves 20 yrs, then they don&amp;#x27;t deserve 2 yrs no matter the cooperation.  If someone deserves 2 yrs, they don&amp;#x27;t deserve 20 yrs.  Time served should be all about serious of crime and how long we think it would take to rehabilitate the person.   It&amp;#x27;s all fucking games.</text></comment>
<story><title>Confessions of an Ex-Prosecutor	(2016)</title><url>http://reason.com/archives/2016/06/23/confessions-of-an-ex-prosecutor</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>firasd</author><text>Something that makes me uncomfortable which is not directly touched upon on this article: in America, being a prosecutor is often a stepping stone to being a politician. Which (among other career imperatives) is an incentive to be a &amp;#x27;showboat&amp;#x27; and win notable convictions.&lt;p&gt;The desire to convict also leads to some decisions that seem very wrong-headed from a common-sense perspective, like prosecuting young people for child porn for taking pictures of themselves, or imprisoning victims of domestic violence for not giving testimony...</text></comment>