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In Exercises 5-18, test the given claim.
9. Is Sentence Independent of Plea? Many people believe that criminals who plead guilty tend to get lighter sentences than those who are convicted in trials. The accompanying table summarizes randomly selected sample data for San Francisco defendants in burglary cases (based on data from “Does It Pay to Plead Guilty? Differential Sentencing and the
Guilty Plea | Not Guilty Plea | |
Sent to Prison | 392 | 58 |
Not Sent to Prison | 564 | 14 |
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