charges so as to coerce a defendant into a plea bargain (Gocha, 2016).
It is not unreasonable for someone that presents a risk to the public to be incarcerated after the commit multiple offenses. There are even some non-violent offenses that could be classified in that manner, such as repeat DUI offenders. Indeed, that crime is not violent but the risk to the public is clear and people do not really “age out” of drinking, although therapy is always possible with cooperation (Moore, Harrison, Young & Ochshorn, 2008). However, there are plenty of other situations where the three strikes… Continue Reading...
may also be a hearing to decrease the bond if the defendant is unable to raise it. Plea bargains are also done at this stage (Tanner et al., 2007; American Bar Association, 2007).
U.S. Supreme Court's Philosophy on the Criminal Process
The philosophy of the U.S. Supreme Court on the rights of the defendant dates back to the time of Earl Warren as the Chief Justice. At the time, the supreme court of the United States was referred to as the Warren Court, which is a common practice in various judicial systems to refer to the country's judicial system with the name of the chief justice. At… Continue Reading...
of advancements. In other instances, the criminal justice system wants to punish defendants who have opted not to accept a plea bargain as a way of dissuading people from even utilizing a jury trial as a viable option within the criminal justice system. Despite such speculation, this much is clear regarding the prevalence of false confessions: they often occur as the result of deliberate manipulation on the part of the interrogator. Specifically, a review of the literature indicates too many interrogators are single-mindedly focused on extracting confessions in order to gain convictions that they are on actually doing more work to uncover the truth about an alleged crime.
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