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Plea Bargaining
754 published works
Sentencing Law and Policy
The extraordinary price of going to trial in white-collar cases
Main July 28, 2006The extraordinary price of going to trial in white-collar casesEllen Podgor at White Collar Crime Prof blog has this strong post discussing a recent bank fraud sentencing…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Circuit highlights from DotD
Main July 19, 2006Circuit highlights from DotDTwo notable cases noted by Decision of the Day are worth checking out:The Seventh Circuit, as discussed here, has decided that package plea deals…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Carefully exploring the wrongful conviction problem
Main June 28, 2006Carefully exploring the wrongful conviction problemAt the end of my first post on Marsh, I assailed Justice Souter's bald assertion that "false verdicts ... are probably disproportionately…
Sentencing Law and Policy
The high price of going to trial
Main June 16, 2006The high price of going to trialExperienced defenders know that the federal sentencing system will often punish defendants harshly for exercising the right to trial rather than…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Around the blogosphere
Main May 31, 2006Around the blogosphereLots of sentencing related stuff worth checking out around the blogosphere:Ellen Podgor at White Collar Crime Prof Blog ruminates a bit here on the upcoming…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Another serial killer pleads to avoid death penalty
Main May 31, 2006Another serial killer pleads to avoid death penaltyIt is often hoped that the death penalty will operate to ensure that the "worst of the worst" receive society's…
Sentencing Law and Policy
More good coverage of Enron sentencing dynamics
Main May 28, 2006More good coverage of Enron sentencing dynamicsThis morning's Chicago Tribune has this interesting article, entitled "'Ashamed' wrongdoer gets break: Deal limiting sentence of former finance chief key…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Former CEO of Computer Associates Pleads
By Ellen Podgor
It is not common for the CEO of a company to plead guilty, as the government often takes the pleas from the lower ranks of the company as they move…
Sentencing Law and Policy
The links between sentencing and plea/trial rates
Main April 23, 2006The links between sentencing and plea/trial ratesThis interesting news story from upstate New York concerning an upcoming federal trial on child pornography charges highlights the links between…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Newspaper article on the “trial penalty”
Main March 28, 2006Newspaper article on the "trial penalty"Monday's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette included this effective article about federal plea and sentencing realities, entitled "Plead guilty or go to trial? System unfairly…