The Federal Sentence in Guidelines

The federal system a advanced a lot after the introduction of the federal sentence in guide lines in the 19 eighties. The trial rate went from about, i believe it was actually 84 % to 5%. There's been no budging in the rate of federal plea bargaining. And part of the explanation for that might be simply that judges know that if a plea bargaining retreats and more cases go to trial, it's going to make the system largely unworkable for everybody.