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U.S. prosecutors are out of control and something needs to be done to reign in on the practice of piling on charges to extort a plea, a couple of ideas: - Accused have the option to take the plea but continue the trial. If found guilty he only serves what he pleaded. - Sentences are limited to the max sentence already applied for same crime to somebody else.



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