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# Only **~1 in 50** federal convictions come from jury trials 

![Plea Barganing Breakdown](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/pubs_2x/public/2024-02/CleanShot%202023-12-20%20at%2015.04.24%402x.png?itok=cH0mg8Pz) 

April 8, 2024 

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[“Fewer than 1% of federal criminal defendants were acquitted in 2022,”](https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/06/14/fewer-than-1-of-defendants-in-federal-criminal-cases-were-acquitted-in-2022/) Pew Research, June 14, 2023.

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Clark Neily, [“The Jury Is out—and That’s a Problem,”](https://www.cato.org/commentary/jury-out-thats-problem) Cato Institute, November 29, 2021.

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