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Running Head: PLEA BARGAINING
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Plea Bargaining
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Plea Bargaining
Discuss the role of plea bargaining in criminal trials. What are the advantages of allowing
defendants to plea to reduced charges/sentences? To what extent should victims of crimes be
consulted in the plea bargaining process? Make sure you state whether you agree or disagree
with the plea bargaining process.
The principal benefit that plea bargaining brings to the defendant is reducing the
designated sentence. The jury usually minimizes the severity of the sentence by considering
different factors. Allowing defendants to plea to reduced charges or sentences help in speeding
up the case for a fair verdict (
Roberson & Winters, 2020). Defendants can have their verdict in a
hastened prompt to produce timely justice and also handle other cases. The court system
normally has chunks of cases to clear and a simplified process that assures deserved justice to the
plaintiff such as plea bargaining is highly recommended (Kutateladze & Lawson, 2018). The
cases require adequate time and resources for the verdict to reflect the crime that a person
committed (
Roberson & Winters, 2020). The process, therefore, can be a nit cumbersome and
hence an expedited process can salvage the time management challenge in the system.
Victims of crimes must have the mandate to dictate a considerable part of plea
bargaining. The rationale is that the plaintiff must have the freedom to deem the reduced
sentence or charge fit as their deserved justice (
Roberson & Winters, 2020). However, the jury
has the ultimate decision to define an exaggerated, minimized or deserved justice (Tor, Gazal‐
Ayal, & Garcia, 2010). Leaving the entire decision-making process to the plaintiff is unwise and
only a considerable involvement is healthy to getting the most appropriate verdict.
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I support plea bargaining for different reasons that enhance the provision of services in
the court system. Plea bargaining facilitates the prompted processing of court cases to pave way
for new cases. It gives the defendants a hastened outcome by eliminating possible uncertainties.
The process also provides an optimal environment for the court to breathe because it relieves it
from the clogging of cases (
Roberson & Winters, 2020). The process is, therefore, critical since it
minimizes the severity of crimes with the underlying advocacy for rehabilitation among the
defendants.
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References
Kutateladze, B. L., & Lawson, V. Z. (2018). Is a plea really a bargain? An analysis of plea and
trial dispositions in New York City.
Crime & Delinquency, 64
(7), 856-887.
Roberson, C., & Winters, R. (2020).
Procedures in the Justice System, 12th ed
(12th ed.).
Pearson, 2020.
Tor, A., Gazal‐Ayal, O., & Garcia, S. M. (2010). Fairness and the willingness to accept plea
bargain offers.
Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 7
(1), 97-116.