I agree with the above post. Prohibiting the ability of prosecutors to agree to a plea bargain in any situation compromises the way they do their job. In some situations, particularly those of sexual assault, it can be difficult to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt in the absence of physical evidence, so the plea bargain is a way they can get prison time and a criminal record for offenders without taking the risk of acquittal and nothing happening to them at all.
Requiring a trial for that kind of violent crime, besides being expensive and time consuming, would not necessarily reduce the violent crime rate or make society any safer. And if a policy does not result in either of those two, I'd say it would be an unwise policy.
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