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Both of the cases before the court involved defendants who failed to take plea bargains after receiving bad legal advice.

It's no surprise so many activists take plea deals as opposed to suffering for months in a tangled court system.

But because most defendants take plea bargains instead of going to trial, the courts are often deprived of the opportunity to sort it out.

"We are getting a pretty significant push from the Justice Department to take plea agreements off the electronic file entirely," Judge Tunheim said.

District attorneys arguably have the most powerful role in the criminal justice system; they get more than 90% of the accused to take plea bargains before they ever see a judge.

"The ironic part of this whole thing is that we were criticized by Ms. Williams and her supporters for allowing the defendants to take plea agreements," Mr. Abraham said, adding that the reason he offered plea agreements was that he was skeptical of Ms. Williams's testimony.

Many dozens of defendants are convicted or take pleas in the face of similarly inconclusive evidence.

Otherwise, it may allow prosecutors to bring heavy charges to coerce defendants to take pleas to lesser charges without any accountability.

The prosecution also heard testimony from two of the men who had pleaded guilty, both of whom took plea deals in exchange for testifying against their former friends.

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Two other former city officials charged in the case previously took plea deals.