Re: "98 per cent of people charged in America take a plea deal."
The US has more prisoners than any other country, including China.
http://www.icpr.org.uk/media/41356/world_prison_population_list_11th_edition.pdf
"There are more than 2.2 million prisoners in the United States of America, more than 1.65 million in China (plus an unknown number in pre-trial detention or ‘administrative detention’), 640,000 in the Russian Federation, 607,000 in Brazil, 418,000 in India, 311,000 in Thailand, 255,000 in Brazil and 225,000 in Iran."
Most certainly the number one country in which you don't want to be accused of a crime.