PLEA BARGAINING

Plea Bargaining: Justice or Injustice?

Plea bargaining is a fixture in the American Criminal justice system. A lot of work can go into a properly constructed plea bargain, but to some it may seem like the easy way out. The written assignment this week is for you to thoroughly discuss the pros and cons of the plea bargain as used in the American court system, and to describe why the plea bargain is used so often, the mechanics of how a plea bargain comes about, and what some of the positive and negative outcomes of using it are.

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Plea bargaining refers to the process by which the prosecution and the defense negotiate an agreement concerning the charges and sentence involved. A plea bargain is, therefore, an agreement that consists of the defense accepting a plea of guilty for a lesser charge in exchange for a more straightforward sentence or a deletion of charges altogether. The plea can also be of ‘no contest’ or rather nolo contendere…

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