Trial by Jury, a Hallowed American Right, Is Vanishing
America is unusual in having "charge stacking" (if you break in and steal something you can be convicted of both the break in and the theft, as opposed to simply the more serious of the two) and plea bargains (which are considered a human rights violation in many countries).  The combination really tilts the power in favor of the prosecutor and, as the article points out, drives defendants towards conviction under the very low indictment standard of evidence rather than the rigorous one of courtroom proof.