| However, prosecutors were more likely to accept a plea bargaining offer from white defendants accused of racially aggravated offences. |
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| The detainees resisted such standard blandishments as plea bargaining, cash, or relocation in the federal witness program. |
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| The member mentioned plea bargaining or prisoners being more dangerous when they get out. |
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| Another criticism of the concept of plea bargaining is that it allows offenders to receive lenient sentences. |
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| There are no reliable data on how often plea bargaining occurs and with what outcomes. |
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| One of the things that plea bargaining leads to is not just the difficulty of introducing evidence but also situations like that one. |
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| The book also contains guidelines on plea bargaining that are binding on federal prosecutors. |
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| We currently survive by charge screening, plea bargaining, and sometimes luck. |
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| The other concern that comes out from this testimony is the plea bargaining. |
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| The report concludes by identifying four potential models for the participation of victims in the plea bargaining process. |
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| In the federal courts, the practice of plea bargaining is regulated by the provisions of Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. |
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| There is also the question of whether we are going to really be putting more people in jail as a result of this because there will be less plea bargaining. |
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| A federal judge recently guessed that thousands of innocent Americans could be stuck behind bars because of coercive plea bargaining. Let judges judgeMany other countries ban plea bargains or limit them stringently. |
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| However, in Canada, plea bargaining has not been officially recognized and has, therefore, not been subjected to a regime of open scrutiny by the courts. |
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| Personally, I have never liked plea bargaining. |
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| The Espinosa case is of considerable significance since it furnishes a vivid illustration of the power of the victim to influence the course of plea bargaining in a state that has enacted strong victims' rights legislation. |
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| In short, Federal Rule 11 has created an effective, and well-tried, model for the independent judicial regulation of plea bargaining in the federal courts. |
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| Perhaps, the strongest legislation, concerning victims' rights in the specific context of plea bargaining, has been enacted by the state of Arizona. |
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| This second step would indubitably require a fundamental departure from the current Canadian practice of leaving plea bargaining essentially unregulated. |
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| The law in question was enacted in Arizona in 1982 and called for MMS, as well as a prohibition on diversion and plea bargaining in the case of impaired driving infractions. |
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| Strategies such as plea bargaining or mechanisms for entering early guilty pleas or for fast-track case management can encourage the early disposition of cases. |
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| But practical considerations also make plea bargaining a necessity. |
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| There is no plea bargaining in criminal cases. |
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| The discussion of plea bargaining is particularly engrossing. |
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| One of the key issues is what is happening in the courts with regard to plea bargaining and charges being dismissed when there are certain circumstances. |
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| As a result of plea bargaining, he would not be sentenced to death. |
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