...eliminating plea bargaining. Considering that at lesser part of the reason it’s so prevalent is because of an over-taxed court system, you’d have to do a massive overhaul. You’d have to decriminalize drugs to a large extent, and probably prostitution and solicitiation. You’d probably have to develop some outside of the court arbitration system for certain crimes. And after that you’d have to have more judges, public defenders, and even prosecutors, as well as the court space to try all these new cases. And then you’d have to reform or incentivize the jury system given the many, many, many new jurors that would be required.

The plea bargaining system is very much broken. Prosecutors have all the power and often don’t act in good faith. But making meaningful change is going to have to be a part of a significant overhaul.