Question

plea bargaining true or false

- The magistrate judge determines if there was a crime committed and if there is probable cause (a reasonable ground for supposing that a charge is well-founded) that the suspect was involved with the crime.

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

False. The magistrate judge does not determine guilt or innocence in a plea bargaining situation. The determination of guilt or innocence is made by a judge or jury at trial. In plea bargaining, the prosecutor and defense attorney negotiate an agreement in which the defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge or to a reduced sentence in exchange for a more lenient punishment. Plea bargaining allows for a resolution of the case without a trial.