The Plea Bargaining Process.
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 02:22:22
Category: / Literature / North American
Length: 8 pages (2101 words)
Category: / Literature / North American
Length: 8 pages (2101 words)
Plea bargaining is a commonly used prosecutorial method to dispose of a case without going to trial. A plea bargain or negotiated plea is an agreement between the defense and the prosecutor in which a defendant pleads guilty to a criminal charge and in exchange he expects to receive some form of consideration from the state. (Neubauer, 2002, p. 323) Most cases never make it to trial, more than 80 percent of criminal cases filed ended with the …
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…continued because the advantages outweigh the disadvantages by far.
References:
Acker, J.R. & Brody, D.C. (1999). Criminal Procedure: A Contemporary Perspective. Maryland: Aspen Publishers, Inc.
Fagin, J.A. (2003). Criminal Justice. New Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc.
McCoy, C. (1993). Politics and Plea Bargaining. Pennsylvania: The University of Pennsylvania Press.
Nasheri, H. (1998). Betrayal of Due Process. Maryland: University Press of America, Inc.
Neubauer, D.W. (2002). America's Courts and The Criminal Justice System. California: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.
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