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The Drug Prisoner’s Dilemma

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 My revision since your comment focuses more on the analogy to PD and the point you make; it's a hard game to overcome. I propose the possibility of a single firm taking up enough cases in one location to have an impact, but that would probably break ethical rules. The mafia beats the game by changing payoffs: if you plea with the police, your family dies. There is no real analogous solution here. The 17-year old shouldn't go to trial unless he is confident that enough people will also go to make an impact (and maybe not even then). This is the entire problem. Maybe the public defenders should default to trial for all, not just the 17 year old, and serve all of their clients rather than each of their clients. Thanks for the note - that is the nagging question, but even academic BS serves a purpose.

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>		Yes, I suppose academic BS does sometimes serve a purpose, though I think in this case your suggestion has about zero chance of ever leading to a positive outcome. I'm curious - I know you're a stout defender of individual liberty, but you also detest the current state of the criminal justice system. How would you feel about an abolishment of plea bargains? You would be taking away the "right" of the defendant and the prosecutor to enter into a freely-formed contract, but civil law countries find this idea of justice as a "contract" to be abhorrent, and almost none of them allow pleas. Your thoughts?

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