Elements of a Guilty Plea

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• Plea Bargains- What they mean

  Explain the types of plea bargaining, the advantages and disadvantages of plea-bargaining, and utilization of plea-bargaining as a tool to ease over crowding of the court dockets.

• Ethics of plea bargaining

  At the same time the number of guilty that would go unpunished would probably surpass the number of innocent people who would be punished if plea bargaining was in effect.

• Plea Bargaining Appropriateness

  Thus, a plea bargain is a tool that can be used to do more with less but only when the prosecutor is completely certain that the person they are plea bargaining with is guilty.

• Plea Bargain

  197883 What is a Plea Bargain and who really benefits from it? The purpose of this response is to analyze the reasons behind plea bargain. The objective is to illustrate how the process of plea bargain benefits the guilty.

• Plea Bargain Explanation

  Plea bargaining means there will not be a discovery process. A person may plead guilty even though he had a strong case for acquittal.

• Description of Plea Bargaining

  Often they will plead guilty or enter into a plea bargain to reduce the amount of time they will be incarcerated or reduce the severity of their punishment.

• Pros and Cons of Plea Bargaining in Judicial System

  The drawback is that an innocent defendant may be coerced into a confession and accept the guilty plea out of fear for a severe penalty if convicted by the court.