plea bargain
Plea bargain
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Plea bargain
With all the crimes that are going on today you have to wonder why there are not more jails filled up. Well some of the reasons is due to either the lack of evidence or the fact that they can find anything to change the person with, then there are plea bargains, what are plea bargains well let’s take a closer look.
There really is not a true definition of plea bargain but According to Siegel, Schmalleger, and Worrall (2011), plea bargain is “the process whereby the accused and the prosecutor in a criminal case work out a mutually satisfactory disposition of the case subject to court approval. It usually involves the defendant’s pleading guilty to a lesser offense or to only some of the counts of a multi-count indictment in return for a lighter sentence than the sentence possible for the grave charge.” (p. 319). There are two different types of plea bargains there is charge, and sentence bargaining.
With a charge bargain it gives the prosecutor the ability to change what charges are going to be filed. He could take some of the charges away with this bargain. Then there is sentence this lets the prosecutor the ability to have the defendant pled guilty for a lesser sentence. It does not mean he is not going to jail it just means he will be getting less time in jail then he would if he didn’t pled jail and was found guilty(Siegel, L. J., Schmalleger, F., & Worrall, J. L. 2011).
When it comes to the prosecutor they are the one who would off the plea bargains. The plea bargain helps them go through a case faster due to the caseload they are giving, but it also helps them be able to use less resources so they can use the resources on the bigger case that will need them. It also helps with the workroom group so there is less conflict (Siegel, L. J., Schmalleger, F., & Worrall, J. L. 2011).
The defense counsel also benefit from the plea bargain due to their constrains similar to the prosecutor but due to
Court Systems/
Plea bargain
With all the crimes that are going on today you have to wonder why there are not more jails filled up. Well some of the reasons is due to either the lack of evidence or the fact that they can find anything to change the person with, then there are plea bargains, what are plea bargains well let’s take a closer look.
There really is not a true definition of plea bargain but According to Siegel, Schmalleger, and Worrall (2011), plea bargain is “the process whereby the accused and the prosecutor in a criminal case work out a mutually satisfactory disposition of the case subject to court approval. It usually involves the defendant’s pleading guilty to a lesser offense or to only some of the counts of a multi-count indictment in return for a lighter sentence than the sentence possible for the grave charge.” (p. 319). There are two different types of plea bargains there is charge, and sentence bargaining.
With a charge bargain it gives the prosecutor the ability to change what charges are going to be filed. He could take some of the charges away with this bargain. Then there is sentence this lets the prosecutor the ability to have the defendant pled guilty for a lesser sentence. It does not mean he is not going to jail it just means he will be getting less time in jail then he would if he didn’t pled jail and was found guilty(Siegel, L. J., Schmalleger, F., & Worrall, J. L. 2011).
When it comes to the prosecutor they are the one who would off the plea bargains. The plea bargain helps them go through a case faster due to the caseload they are giving, but it also helps them be able to use less resources so they can use the resources on the bigger case that will need them. It also helps with the workroom group so there is less conflict (Siegel, L. J., Schmalleger, F., & Worrall, J. L. 2011).
The defense counsel also benefit from the plea bargain due to their constrains similar to the prosecutor but due to