Being a citizen of the United States come with a lot of advantages and disadvantages not offered by other countries. We are granted with civil rights, amendments, and privileges just by being born in this land. Plea-bargaining in this country is very common; the majority of the criminal cases are settled by it. This is the process whereby a criminal defendant and prosecutor reach a mutually satisfactory disposition of a criminal case, subject to court approval.
According to the ‘legal dictionary’ “Plea bargaining can conclude a criminal case without a trial. When it is successful, plea bargaining results in a plea agreement between the prosecutor and defendant.” This agreement makes the defendant plea guilty on the change he’s been accused …show more content…
(“OCCUPYTHEORY,” 2014)
Various multiple downsides of plea bargaining would be that it leads to poor case preparations, which has led to lawyers not preparing their cases how they’re supposed to. It might send innocent people to prison and they’d have to plea guilty and pay a fine or be sent to jail for a crime that they did not commit. It is unconstitutional because it takes the defendant’s right to a trial by jury. If you know that you are innocent and agree to plead guilty, then you will likely pay a fine or be imprisoned for a criminal act that you did not commit, and you will have a record forever. (“15 Serious Disadvantage,” 2015)
The plea bargaining process has had a huge impact in the criminal trials. In every state in the United States, courts resolve overcrowding and other issues by offering plea deals, which could be unfair to the victims of their crimes. This agreement makes the length important court trials shorter and easier to conduct. Plea bargaining doesn’t provide benefits to defendants who are
According to the ‘legal dictionary’ “Plea bargaining can conclude a criminal case without a trial. When it is successful, plea bargaining results in a plea agreement between the prosecutor and defendant.” This agreement makes the defendant plea guilty on the change he’s been accused …show more content…
(“OCCUPYTHEORY,” 2014)
Various multiple downsides of plea bargaining would be that it leads to poor case preparations, which has led to lawyers not preparing their cases how they’re supposed to. It might send innocent people to prison and they’d have to plea guilty and pay a fine or be sent to jail for a crime that they did not commit. It is unconstitutional because it takes the defendant’s right to a trial by jury. If you know that you are innocent and agree to plead guilty, then you will likely pay a fine or be imprisoned for a criminal act that you did not commit, and you will have a record forever. (“15 Serious Disadvantage,” 2015)
The plea bargaining process has had a huge impact in the criminal trials. In every state in the United States, courts resolve overcrowding and other issues by offering plea deals, which could be unfair to the victims of their crimes. This agreement makes the length important court trials shorter and easier to conduct. Plea bargaining doesn’t provide benefits to defendants who are