Plea

A plea bargain is an agreement that the defendant will plead guilty to the original or another charge in return for some concession from the prosecutor (https://www.fbi.gov/resources/victim-assistance/a-brief-description-of-the-federal-criminal-justice-process). Some of the advantages of plea bargaining are that it helps move the cases through the system much quicker, therefore, it helps to de-clog the court system so that the focus could be on more serious offenses. The person that takes the plea bargain will get a lesser charge which will ultimately end with a lesser sentence. For a person that is facing any kind of criminal prosecution, taking a plea bargain can also take away the stress and the worry of a trial, or being found guilty. The…

Anthony, I agree with what you stated about plea-bargains allow defendants to get off with a lesser sentence. A plea bargain is not a confession, and it does not involve detailed admissions of guilt. According to Garrett suggests, some scholars have argued that plea bargains, in contrast to interrogations, produce particularly credible and valuable admissions of guilt. Indeed, the argument is sometimes made that plea bargaining is superior to trial because "the fact-finding task assigned to the…

Plea bargaining is a deal offered by the prosecution to the defense, which would be a guilty plea with a lighter sentence. The prosecution, defense, and judges all play a role in a plea bargain. Although it offers several benefits., the plea bargain has faced much criticism from the public. However, the plea bargain has become a significant part of the criminal justice system in the United States, with only 4% of cases actually going to trial because of these deals. The plea bargain is offered…

Describe the advantages and disadvantages of plea bargains. Make sure to list at least 2 reasons for each. Finally, do you support plea bargains? Why or why not? The advantages of plea bargains is having the ability to have a lighter sentence for the defendant only if they plead guilty. Another advantages is having the defendant have the charges reduced, by pleading guilty to a misdemeanor instead of a felony. As there is advantages, it has many disadvantages to this bargain, it removes the…

The idea of a plea bargain presents people who have been charged with a sentence the opportunity to reduce their time served by admitting guilt to their charges. This system gives people who are already beyond reasonable doubt proven to be guilty a free way to reduce their sentence only to lighten the load of the court system. Instead of trying to improve the efficiency of our court system and to provide alternate services such as rehabilitation the government has found a way to incarcerate a…

A plea bargain is when the defendant in a criminal trial agrees to plead guilty in the exchange of a lesser sentence or to have other charges dropped. In theory, a plea bargain is a way to speed up the courtroom process. When applied correctly plea bargains are excellent tools within the criminal justice system. Incorrectly used judgment is cast down from those outside of the criminal justice system. Thus, it is imperative that all actors in the criminal justice and court systems use plea…

Being in law enforcement for several years I come across several suspects and defendants who expresses the criminal justice process moves like a snail and is always unpredictable. Imagine if a significant amount of cases was going to trial instead of over 90% of felony cases are plea bargained (Bohm, R., Haley, K.,n.d). Nevertheless, there are three types of plea bargains and prosecutors tend to have factors to decide if the plea bargain is in the best interest or what’s the better plea…

The three basic types of plea bargaining are allowing the defendant to plead guilty to a lesser offense, a defendant who pleads guilty receives less time at the request of the prosecutor, and a defendant who agrees to plead guilty to one charge in order to avoid other charges that could be brought (Bohm & Haley, 2011). The factors that prosecutors take into consideration when determining to plea bargain are the seriousness of the crime, the defendants criminal record, and how strong of a case…

Plea bargaining is an agreement made between the prosecution and the defense that allows the defendant to receive a lesser charge for their crimes if they plead guilty. The prosecution often offers the defendant a reduced sentence. Most of the time, “the defendant agrees to plead guilty in order to avoid a trial and a more severe sentence” (Rennison and Dodge 204). When the defendant agrees to a plea bargain they agree to give up some of their constitutional rights including, the right to a jury…

The coercive power found in plea bargains pushes various innocent defendants to plead guilty over risking harsher punishment at trial. Lucian Dervian and Vanessa Edkins in their study “ The Innocent Defendant’s Dilemma: An Innovative Empirical Study of Plea Bargaining’s Innocence Problem,” conduct a study to simulate the coercion and fear that occurs in a criminal trial. The study focuses on a college classroom study where the students were blamed for cheating on a test and were offered two…