Plea Bargaining CJA/224 erick coutino January/9/2012 Carl Heintz Plea Bargaining According to Cornell University Law School" (2010)‚ “plea bargains are agreements between defendants and prosecutors where defendants agree to plead guilty to some or all of the charges against them in exchange for concessions from the prosecutors” (para. 1). Plea bargains allows for prosecutors and judges to focus their time on more important cases. The way plea-bargains work with prosecutors is reducing or
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1 NEGOTIATION SKILLS S2‚ 2012 WEEK 2: DISTRIBUTIVE BARGAINING 2 Today’s lecture: Distributive bargaining • • • • • The basic negotiation strategies Distributive bargaining scenarios Fundamentals of distributive bargaining Tasks to focus on Distributive tactics • Results from conflict management styles survey 3 Choosing a negotiation strategy • Distributive • Conflicting goals‚ fixed pie (“zerosum game”)‚ task is to claim value and maximize personal gains • Shared goals
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Collective collaboration Evolution of Web 2.0 and Social Networking Nowadays people often throw around these jargon terms like Web 2.0 or Social Networking. What do these terms actually mean? In order to have a basic understanding of these terms or concepts‚ it has to be broken down into three steps. Firstly‚ in the early and mid-90’s‚ websites “spoke” to website visitors and that was it. The websites had information and they provided it to the visitors and that is all that happened‚ hence one-way
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Plea Bargaining University of Phoenix CJA/373 – Criminal Court Systems Mario D’Adamo Week Four - Individual Assignment July 14‚ 2010 Plea Bargaining Introduction Much of the criticism leveled at the legal system in general and the criminal justice system in particular is well-deserved‚ but one feature of the criminal justice system poorly understood and thus unfairly judged by both the public and the media‚ is the process of plea bargaining. Because criminal defendants have no incentive
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Plea Bargaining A plea bargain is an agreement in a criminal case between the prosecutor and defendant whereby the defendant agrees to plead guilty to a particular charge in return for some concession from the prosecutor. This may mean that the defendant will plead guilty to a less serious charge or to one of several charges‚ in return for the dismissal of other charges; or it may mean that the defendant will plead guilty to the original criminal charge in return for a more lenient sentence. A
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Collective behavior is a type of social behavior that occurs in crowds or masses. Riots‚ mobs‚ mass hysteria‚ fads‚ fashions‚ rumor‚ and public opinion are all examples of collective behavior. It is argued that people tend to surrender their individuality and moral judgment in crowds and give in to the hypnotic powers of leaders who shape crowd behavior as they like. Types and Examples of Collective Behaviour - The Crowd We attend the theatre and game events with a large number
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men wanted for sheltering AL Qaeda Members” (p17). This decision of is commonly used throughout the world‚ especially when it comes to military actions. This is what we call collective sanctions. A sanction by definition is a social control to enforce society’s standards. Thus‚ in order to maintain the orderly nation‚ collective sanctions are necessary. People value group identity‚ so it is the group’s responsibility to parent the individual members. People are always in a part to
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BARGAINING WITH THE DEVIL When to Negotiate‚ When to Fight ROBERT MNOOKIN ROBERT MNOOKIN is professor of law at Harvard Law School‚ the director of the Harvard Negotiation Research project and chair of the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. Dr. Mnookin has taught several workshops on negotiation skills for corporations‚ government agencies and law firms. He is the author of nine books including Beyond Winning‚ Negotiating on Behalf of Others and Barriers to Conflict Resolution
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Many references found on the subject of plea bargaining project the same message as to why the process has become such a common element of the justice system. The universal missive seems to be advantage for all parties involved‚ even the victim. There are obvious advantages in terms of time and cost for the judicial system. For judges and prosecutors‚ plea bargaining provides relief to hectic schedules and an overcrowded docket. Any case resolved outside of the court setting can also ease the
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INTRODUCTION Collective bargaining is a negotiation process between employers and employees on the terms and conditions of work which form the enterprise agreement (Natalie 2010‚ p.199). Good faith bargaining on the other hand‚ generally refers to duty of the parties to meet and negotiate at reasonable time with willingness to reach an agreement on matters within the scope of representation (Riley 2012‚ pp.22-29). According to Fair Work Act 2009 “To bargain collectively is the performance of the
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