Recently, a vast amount of research by criminologists focused on the disparate treatment of African Americans in terms of a plea bargain. As Savitsky argues, that plea bargain is one of the most crucial variables in the high level of racial stratification in prisons that accounts for 95 percent of criminal dispositions. Black's dilemma whether to accept a plea deal or proceed to trial given their general lack of confidence in the Criminal Justice System, renders them at a disadvantage that systematically leads to differential bargain outcomes that aggregate the disproportionately ratio of incarcerated African Americans. The process of plea bargain received substantial criticism as it vests much more discretion to prosecutors than
