Video – Attorney Spencer Freeman Explains Why Very Few Arrests Go All The Way To Trial. Why Happens?

Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media

“If I may, one of the things I know about the criminal court cases, because there’s about 11 million arrests every single year in the United States. Very few of those actually go to trial. Right?”

Spencer Freeman – Criminal Defense Attorney – Pierce County, WA

“That’s correct.”

Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media

“So, does that mean that plea bargaining occurs in all the other ones?”

Spencer Freeman – Criminal Defense Attorney – Pierce County, WA

“It’s hard to say when you use such absolute language as in ‘all the other ones’. Some of those other ones…the case may get dismissed for a various number of reasons. Defense motion to dismiss or witness evidentiary problems results in the case being dismissed. Some sort of constitutional violation that results in the case being dismissed. So, to say ‘all of the other ones’ have plea bargaining that ends the case is incorrect.”