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    works when speaking of the minority. Innocent individuals are being charged for crimes they did not commit and are being interrogated and threated to except all blame for crimes. Prosecutors bully defendants into pleading guilty and accepting plea-bargains. These prosecutors believe in playing with defendants’ incompetence, so they focus on their lack of knowledge to get the case closed and someone locked down. Prosecutors are fully aware that most of their defendants are not well educated…

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    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…

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    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…

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    In “the Plea”, there were characters that has their only story of dealing with a plea trial. The characters were in different places dealing with different pleas. A plea bargain is an arrangement between a prosecutor and a defendant whereby the defendant pleads guilty to a lesser charge in the expectation of leniency.. For example, there are four main characters who have one similarity which is they took the plea deal. Arma Stwert, Charlie, Patsy Kelly, and Kerry Max Cook. Character Arma…

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    authors Take a look into our plea-bargaining systems role into wrongful convictions. According to our authors plea- bargaining dispose of roughly 95 % of adjudicated criminal cases (Maguire, Tbls. 5.24.2008, 5.46.2006). Over my years of taking criminal justice course I have learned to so many innocent people actually plead guilty to crimes they did not commit. DNA evidence which lead to an exoneration is evidence of just that. Wrongful convictions produce out of our Plea Bargaining are much less…

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    The plea bargaining process is a negotiation between two parties to give information for a lessened sentence. A prosecutor will offer the defendant either a lessened sentence, dropped charge, or recommend a certain charge to the judge. In return, the defendant either pleads guilty or no contest. Plea bargaining is used often because people want to spend less time for their crime. With DNA and all the new ways to get evidence, there is a good chance of proving someone did the crime. A lot of…

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    Abolishing the Plea Bargaining System 97 percent of federal cases and 94 percent of state cases end in plea bargains, with defendants pleading guilty in exchange for a lesser sentence (Goode, 2012). A plea bargain is an arrangement that happens between a prosecutor and the defendant in a criminal case. The prosecutor gives the defendant the opportunity to plead guilty to their charge or a lesser charge in order to avoid trial and the possibility of receiving the maximum sentence. While it would…

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    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…

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    innocent people feel compelled to accept a plea bargain rather than try to maintain their innocence. As stated in the textbook, plea bargaining is neither based on constitutional basis or statuary basis; however, it is typically mutually beneficial to the defendant and the state (Bohm & Haley, 2018). When cases like the Brian Banks wrongfully conviction occur, it is hard to try and reconcile the use of plea bargaining and justice. However, without plea bargaining no forms of justice would be…

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    Plea Bargaining is a type of negotiation in which a defendant and prosecutor, to plea guilty and in return the guilty when get a reduction or dismissal of charges. My three arguments, in favor of the plea bargaining are, first it helps keep non dangerous criminals out of prison. This way there are more spaces to keep the real dangerous criminals behind bars. For example, if a male steals food from a liquor store, he should be given community services, pay a fine or locked up for at a month,…

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