Should the Wealthy Be Able to "Buy Justice"?
论证允许富人通过购买法律服务影响审判结果可能与最优惩罚理论一致，并比较了调整刑期与定罪概率的利弊，最后探讨了对保释、起诉和辩诉交易制度的影响。
This paper shows that allowing wealthy individuals to influence the outcome of their trials through the purchase of legal services can be consistent with the optimal penalty literature. Using this analysis, the author reviews some of the advantages and disadvantages of varying the length of jail terms versus varying the probability of conviction. Finally, implications for the bail, prosecutorial, and plea bargaining systems are examined. Copyright 1987 by University of Chicago Press.