Topic
Plea Bargaining
754 published works
Criminal
“Victims of Coercive Plea Bargaining”
The title of this post is the title of this new article authored by Lucian Dervan, Vanessa Edkins and Thea Johnson. Here is its abstract:The last decade has seen a…
Simple Justice
Would Regulated Plea Bargaining Be Better?
At Sentencing Law and Policy, Doug Berman notes yet another academic arguing how the dreaded plea bargaining should be changed. Georgia State prawf Russell Covey’s law review article, Toward a…
Criminal
“Toward a More Comprehensive Plea Bargaining Regulatory Regime”
The title of this post is the title of this new paper authored by Russell Covey now available via SSRN. Here is its abstract:America’s plea-bargaining system is famously informal. While…
Criminal
Prez Biden reportedly involved in rejecting plea deal terms for 9/11 defendants
As reported in this New York Times piece, "President Biden has rejected a list of proposed conditions sought by the five men who are accused of conspiring in the Sept.…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Prez Biden reportedly involved in rejecting plea deal terms for 9/11 defendants
As reported in this New York Times piece, "President Biden has rejected a list of proposed conditions sought by the five men who are accused of conspiring in the Sept.…
Criminal
“Collusive Prosecution”
The title of this post is the title of this recent article I just came across via SSRN and authored by Ben McJunkin and J.J. Prescott. Here is its abstract:In…
The Right Coast
David Weiss Should Resign – WSJ
Here s the dilemma: The plea deal is only the latest favor to Hunter. Arguably bigger was allowing the statute of limitations to lapse on offenses from 2014 and 2015…
Criminal
Federal prosecutions alert families that possible plea deals with 9/11 defendants may preclude death penalty
As reported in this AP piece, the "suspected architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and his fellow defendants may never face the death penalty under plea agreements now under…
Simple Justice
Who “Owns” The Right To Trial?
The question is not, as some simpletons often seek to frame it, that too many criminal cases end in plea bargains rather than trials. They obviously do, and there are…
Sentencing Law and Policy
ABA resolution adopts 14 principles set forth by ABA's Plea Bargain Task Force
As reported in this article, the ABA House of Delegates on Monday passed Resolution 502 to seek to improve plea bargaining practices: Resolution 502 adopts 14 principles that were created by…