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Plea Bargaining
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Sentencing Law and Policy
A notable example of three-strikes laws being subject to negotiation
Main December 28, 2006A notable example of three-strikes laws being subject to negotiationThe blogosphere is justifiably buzzing about People v. Zachary, No. C051431 (Cal. Ct. App. Dec. 27, 2006) (available…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Plead guilty or face lifetime solitary confinement?
Main December 8, 2006Plead guilty or face lifetime solitary confinement?Severe federal sentencing laws give federal prosecutors lots of bargaining leverage to get guilty pleas rather than to have to prove…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Getting tough and crowding prisons
Main November 29, 2006Getting tough and crowding prisonsThis morning's Arizona Republic has this intriguing article about a new plea policy being adopted in Maricopa County:Starting in 60 days, those facing…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Cooperation and the right to trial
Main November 1, 2006Cooperation and the right to trialEllen Podgor of the White Collar Crime Prof Blog has this new commentary at law.com entitled, "Do Cooperation Agreements Diminish the Right…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Cooperation and the Jury Trial Right
By Ellen Podgor
Co-blogger Ellen Podgor has an editorial on Law.Com (here) discussing the disparity between the sentences received by those who have cooperated in the recent round of corporate crime prosecutions and…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Sentencing reading for the disappointed fan
Main October 8, 2006Sentencing reading for the disappointed fanIf your favorite baseball team has made a hasty departure from the playoffs (as mine has), you can fill the resulting void…
Sentencing Law and Policy
New pleas and sentences in Rhode Island nightclub fire case
Main September 21, 2006New pleas and sentences in Rhode Island nightclub fire caseSentencing fanatics may recall the remarkable sentencing proceeding in Rhode Island (discussed here and here) in which the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Chaos in Sentencing”
Main September 20, 2006"Chaos in Sentencing"In this interesting column entitled "Chaos in Sentencing" for the Washington Post, Andrew Cohen writes about "two vital court rulings were issued in August highlighting…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Ohio Representative Expected to Plead Guilty in Corruption Probe
By Ellen Podgor
Ohio Representative Bob Ney reportedly is going to plead guilty to a federal criminal charge related to the corruption investigation spawned by the activities of former high-powered lobbyist Jack Abramoff. …
Sentencing Law and Policy
Weekend reading from SSRN
Main July 29, 2006Weekend reading from SSRNHere are some more interesting-looking new papers I spotted on SSRN for the "to read" pile: The Futile Debate Over the Morality of the…