Pleas

What is the role of the prosecutor in the plea bargaining process? The role of the prosecutor in a Plea-bargaining process is to get the defendant to come to an agreement to where the defendant pleads guilty to some or many of the charges filed against them therefore bypassing a costly trial preceding. The prosecutor usually offers a reduced punishment if the defendants agrees to their terms. In some jurisdictions prosecutors and the defendant can work with the judges to help them determine…

wearing. Sure there are times that someone is wearing something that is showing too much skin or have their pants to low. But no one really has an idea of what is “appropriate.. So who are we to dictate what people wear?” (Source: Martelle, Victor. "A Plea Against Uniformity, a Cray for Self-Expression: Will School..."University Wire (2014 Sep 09): N.p. DB - SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 27 Oct. 2015) So what is appropriate? I'm sure everyone has there own idea of what appropriate. But when…

statement regarding plea bargaining being right and proper. Like any tool utilized to find a solution, or to compromise, plea bargaining can be abused. A majority of the time I feel that plea bargaining is a great tool that allows for a reduction in the number of trails that judges oversee (Plea Bargaining, 2009). Moreover, I believe that our justice system is flooded and congested with pending trials and lacks the resources needed to pursue each trial with an equal amount of attention (Plea…

opinion of criminals getting off easy due to plea bargaining, to ban the practice of plea bargaining by prosecutors. This discretionary decision is based off of the opinion that criminals are being let off easy and not being properly punished through the process of plea bargaining. Nevertheless, this decision is not a decision that should be agreed with. The argument against the mayor’s decision will be demonstrated through the positive effects that plea bargaining has on courts including the…

Plea bargaining is right and proper and should be continued. In the United States plea bargaining is considered an essential part of the criminal justice system (Terrill, 2013, p. 82). I consider plea bargaining a necessary evil. With overwhelming court dockets, a plea bargain allows the prosecutor to streamline the court docket as well as minimizing costs (Savitsky, 2009, p. 9). It would be impossible and take entirely too much time to take every case to trial. When a defendant receives…

Chapter 5: PLEA BARGAINING 5.1 Introduction The justice system is the mechanism that upholds the rule of law. Our courts provide a forum to resolve disputes and to test and enforce laws in a fair and rational manner. The courts are an impartial forum, and judges are free to apply the law without regard to the government's wishes or the weight of public opinion. Court decisions are based on what the law says and what the evidence proves; there is no place in the courts for suspicion, bias or…

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…

(Grishman 107)”. The insanity plea is used for a wide variety of cases. Part of the outcome is that the accused convicts of the cases believed that they were legally insane while committing the crime. Furthermore, a majority of the insanity pleas is rejected which makes it extremely rare to follow through. Through such cases, the insanity plea is commonly used as an excuse to prevent themselves from going to prison.…

The insanity plea is used widely in the court system to alleviate a quilty verdict connected to a crime as person has committed. For the insanity defense to be effective in a court case, a person must be professionally proven to have mental issues that would prevent them from being held responsible for his or her actions. The insanity plea has its pros and its cons when it is being presented as a defense. For the plea to be effective for the justice system, the defendant, and the victim or…

Plea-bargaining is an important process in the criminal justice system and are used to prevent lengthy trials. It is defined as “the process of negotiating a guilty plea involving either charge bargaining, where the prosecutor will offer to reduce the severity of the charges or the number of counts in exchange for a guilty plea, or sentence bargaining, where the prosecutor will agree to recommend leniency at the sentencing stage” (Hemmens, Brody, & Spohn, 2013). However, there are both pros and…