The claim that increasing plea bargains and declining trials are a recent phenomenon is a weakness of what explanation?

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The claim that increasing plea bargains and declining trials are a recent phenomenon is a weakness of the assembly-line justice explanation, which argues that pressures to move cases quickly through the system have led to a reliance on plea bargaining. However, plea bargaining has been used for decades, suggesting that the phenomenon is not new.

The Claim That Increasing Plea Bargains and Declining Trials Are