For this discussion, first read:
Library Article: State incentives, plea-bargaining regulatio
failed market for indigent defense
Library Article: The innocence effect
Library Article: Logical but Incompetent Plea Decisions: A
Approach to Plea Bargaining Grounded in Cognitive Theor
An overwhelming majority of criminal cases are settled by plea
rather than by trial. If an individual has been charged with a cr
prosecutor may offer a reduction of charge in exchange for a g
individuals exercise their rights and demand a jury trial, it is m
they will be charged with a more serious crime (as opposed to
lesser offense), and, if convicted, they will likely be given a lon
sentence.
In your initial post, answer the following questions:
What are the criminological theories or rationale behind t
bargaining process?
What strategy would you incorporate to remove the dispa
bargaining power?
What evidence-based argument would you use in dealing
strategy?
In responding to at least two of your classmates, identify at lea
evidence-based argument in support of the plea bargaining pro
one argument against plea bargaining. Provide citations from t
as well as from the additional resources and your own research
