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~90% of trials don't get due process.
That’s not what that says. It says:
Plea bargains are due process. In order to expedite them, prosecutors throw the kitchen sink at every case so that IF you go to trial you’re “looking at” 30 years to life without parole for bumping into a cop. The plea, then, is misdemeanor jaywalking, $1000 fine, six months probation and you sleep at home tonight.
Yeah, its fucked up, many parts of it. But that doesn’t deny what the OP image is saying. Saying 90% of trials don’t get due process is incorrect. Firstly, because trials are essentially the definition of due process, but also the link (which is very good) does not say that.
The core of our disagreement is this:
They are not, they exist solely and explicitly to circumvent the "due process of law" particularly the 6th and 7th amendments.
Yes, and the fact that isn't viewed as the blatant coercion it is, and a blatant violation of the 5th amendment, is part of the problem.