Plea bargain

The Plea Brittany Johnson Houston Community CollegeAbstract My reflection will be on individuals having to take the plea deal when being convicted. Some questions I will bring into this research topic would be; Why are individuals taking the plea deal so freely? Why would lawyers not want to take the case to trial? Who are the type of individuals having to go through this? Is jail overcrowding helping this situation at hand? I will look into all of these things by watching the Frontline…

Is it possible to eliminate racism without eliminating prison? why or why not? I believe that I could be possible to eliminate racism without eliminating prisons, it might be the biggest challenge for everyone to try to do and this would take a lot of time, it wouldn’t just happen overnight. They would have to make new laws and policies, they would have to give new training to law enforcement officers and actually arrested people for the crime they have committed and not just arrested them…

A union decision to waive it's right to bargain over a mandatory subject is a topic of debate. Oberer, in his analysis of labor laws, points out that the role of the union is to ensure that all the grievances and the pleas of the workers are presented on the bargaining table especially on mandatory subjects (Oberer, 2002). The unions are mandated with the responsibility of presenting the defense of the workers and what they would like to be included in the bargaining. One of the ways through…

Also, there must be a legal basis for the appeal such as alleged material error in the trial, despite not because the losing party did not agree with the verdict. If the defendant was convicted through the plea bargain then the right of appealing is demolished. Any convicted offenders are able to appeal their case based on the matter of law. When there is an appeal, the court reviews the case looking at the previous proceedings in the lower courts and will not…

acquittal, favorable plea bargain or 'not guilty' verdict. According to Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer Tommy Adler, his goal within the courtroom is always to present his client as more than just the charges facing him and to convince the…

justice system. Arraignment The accused pleads either guilty, not guilty, or nolo contender at this time. If a guilty or no contender plea is entered sentencing could be handed down at that time, but the judge will only except a guilty plea is certain assurances are met. If a plea of not guilty is entered a trial date will be set. In ninety percent of cases a plea bargain occurs at this time if accepted by both parties. Trial The trial is a judicial examination of the issues between both…

Litigation is defined as a lawsuit. Hence, criminal litigation (or lawsuit/action) means taking legal action against a criminal claim or prosecuting a criminal case. Civil litigation means taking legal action against a non-criminal case, most likely to reimburse wrong doing by the means of money. Civil actions include products liability actions, personal injury suits, probate actions, environmental law, education law, and domestic relations. Most cases in the country are variations of civil…

taken against African Americans. This starts with plea bargains that African Americans are told to take or they will be punished by the courts for not taking the deal avoiding the risk of more time this is an example of Grossman and Katz model of risk aversion. (Savitsky, 2012) The fact that our own justice system such a cycle as this hostile outside world created by the media then the bias within the police only to lead them to a plea bargain stealing away their rights is an abomination of the…

Scenario 1 Being on the parole board puts you in positions that require you to make life changing decisions for a variety of people. You have the final decision for the inmate trying to get their life on the right path and also the responsibility to look out for the best interest of the public. Releasing a dangerous individual that’s likely to reoffend can cause numerous of problems later on down the road which may include lawsuits and potential loss of job. Every decision a parole member makes…

jury, and right to bail. Not all cases make it to trial. More specifically, most cases are plead out through the practice of plea bargaining. Plea bargaining is when an offender agrees to plead guilty in exchange of a lesser sentence. Plea bargaining is a common practice in the United States criminal justice system for many reasons. More specifically, the benefits of plea bargaining can be described as follows: Defendants can avoid the time and cost of defending themselves at trial, the…