Discuss the below:
Q: Helps the prosecutor dispose of a busy caseload
Contributes to courtroom inefficiency
Benefits the defendant by providing a reduction in charges and/or favorable sentencing recommendation
Decides the defendant's guilt without having a trial
Can coerce an innocent individual to plead guilty
Benefits the victim who does not wish to testify at trial
Saves on judicial resources by avoiding the costs of going to trial
Behooves the prosecutor to choose the most serious charge from which to begin bargaining