It's got to be way higher than that that never go to trial. Will get the figures for you later.
--- Dennis Claxton <ddclaxton at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Doug wrote:
>
>
>
> >By the way, I saw some stats recently about how few
> cases actually go
> >to trial now (at the state/local level as well as
> the federal).
> >Defendants are threatened with long prison terms
> and encouraged to
> >agree to a plea bargain, which nets them just a few
> years behind
> >bars. Anyone see these? I can't recover them...
>
>
> The Sentencing Project did a study, I think in 2000,
> that says 90%
> of (I think felony) cases never go to trial. I'll
> see if I can find a
> cite later.
> Paris's petition was easier to find quickly:
>
>
> http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/PH21781/
>
> >To:
> >The Honorable Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
> >
> >Paris Whitney Hilton is an American celebrity and
> socialite. She is
> >an heiress to a share of the Hilton Hotel fortune,
> as well as to the
> >real estate fortune of her father Richard Hilton.
> She provides hope
> >for young people all over the U.S. and the world.
> She provides
> >beauty and excitement to (most of) our otherwise
> mundane lives.
> >
> >Hilton is notable for her leading roles on the FOX
> reality series
> >The Simple Life and in the remake of the Vincent
> Price horror
> >classic "House of Wax". In addition to her work as
> an actress, she
> >has achieved some recognition as a model, celebrity
> spokesperson,
> >singer, and writer.
> >
> >As most of America now knows, Ms. Hilton was just
> charged in a Los
> >Angeles court with DUI and sentenced to 45 days in
> Century Regional
> >Detention Facility in California beginning on or
> before June 5, 2007.
> >
> >We, the American public who support Paris, are
> shocked, dismayed and
> >appalled by how Paris has been the person to be
> used as an example
> >that Drunk Driving is wrong. We do not support
> drunk driving or DUI
> >charges. Paris should have been sober. But she
> shouldn't go to jail, either.
> >
> >As depicted on Friday night's episode "Nancy Grace"
> on Headline News
> >(May 4, 2007), countless celebrities have been
> "slapped on the
> >wrist" for similar incidents recently. Nick Nolte,
> Mel Gibson, Tracy
> >Morgan, Wynonna Judd, to name a few, were arrested
> and never did a
> >day in jail after their initial arrests for drunk
> driving /DUI /DWI
> >charges. Rappers Busta Rhymes and Eve still walk
> free after both
> >being arrested for the same charges as Ms. Hilton
> just this past
> >week. Brandy's California Highway accident,
> although no proof of DUI
> >was evidenced in her accident, resulting in the
> death of a young
> >wife and mother in California, yet Brandy walks
> free as of today,
> >never doing any time and A WOMAN HAS BEEN KILLED
> most likely due to
> >her reckless driving!
> >
> >Yet, Paris Hilton did not hurt, injure, or kill
> anyone or anything,
> >and yet she must do jail time.
> >
> >
> >This petition is to ask Governor Arnold
> Schwarzenegger to pardon
> >Paris Hilton for her mistake. Please allow her to
> her return to her
> >career and life. Everyone makes mistakes. She
> didn't hurt or kill
> >anyone, and she has learned her lesson. She is
> sincere, apologetic,
> >and full of regret for her actions as she explained
> tearfully to the
> >Judge handling her case in court yesterday.She is
> distraught and
> >understandably afraid.
> >
> >WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT to save our Paris from ending
> up at the Century
> >Regional Detention Facility! Please sign to tell
> The Honorable
> >Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of the State of
> California, to think
> >about the welfare of this young woman who has made
> a mortal error
> >and deserves a second chance like so many others in
> our great nation
> >have been served with after a mistake they have
> made . If the late
> >Former President Gerald Ford could find it in his
> heart to pardon
> >the late Former President Richard Nixon after his
> mistake(s), we
> >undeniably support Paris Hilton being pardoned for
> her honest
> >mistake as well, and we hope and expect The
> Governor will understand
> >and grant this unusual but important request in
> good faith to Ms.
> >Paris Whitney Hilton.
>
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