Use of Plea Bargains. What might happen to
the criminal courts if plea bargaining were eliminated?...

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Use of Plea Bargains. What might happen to
the criminal courts if plea bargaining were eliminated? Does the concept of a
plea bargain encourage innocent people to plead guilty to lesser charges in
order to avoid the risk of a trial and being sentenced to more severe
punishment? Why are indigent defendants more likely to enter into plea
bargains? What type of discrimination might this add to the system? How do
these serve as important bargaining chips for prosecutors? Or defense
attorneys? Do you think that Chris Farias, after his third DUI, should have
been allowed to plea bargain? Do you think it will serve as specific deterrence
to him if he believes he will always have that opportunity? What about
Joshua—should a plea bargain have been an option for him? What about Danny
Madrid—should a plea bargain be made available to crimes such as attempted
murder?

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PLEA BARGAIN
PLEA BARGAIN
Plea Bargain is the contract between Prosecution and Defense to let the defendant plead guilty to a crime with less severe charge and a lenient punishment. There are not a certain number for plea bargains available, but it is believed that 90 to 95 percent of both federal and state court cases are settled by plea bargain (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2005; Flanagan and Maguire, 1990). In this case the workload of criminal courts will be increased by 90 percent which will require more judges and lawyers to be recruited and an increasing log of pending cases while not been able to accommodate new cases.

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