All Articles tagged Guilty Plea

• Justice Commentaries
  May 28, 2019 EDT
  IS IT RATIONAL OR NOT?: WHEN INNOCENTS PLEAD GUILTY IN CHILD SEX ABUSE CASES
  Esa Bella Zakirova

  This article defines child sexual abuse and plea bargaining and examines its frequency in wrongful conviction cases for child sex abuse; discusses the rationality behind plea bargaining; and offers recommendations.

• Justice Commentaries
  December 17, 2016 EDT
  CONFRONTING THE ELEPHANTS IN THE COURTROOM THROUGH PROSECUTOR LED DIVERSION EFFORTS
  Erica McWhorterDavid LaBahn

  This article examines how prosecutor use of pretrial intervention efforts are useful for achieving public safety.

• Justice Commentaries
  December 17, 2016 EDT
  INNOCENCE PROJECT: DNA EXONERATIONS, 1989-2014: REVIEW OF DATA AND FINDINGS FROM THE FIRST 25 YEARS
  Emily WestVanessa Meterko

  This report offers a first-time comprehensive review of data collected by the Innocence Project on DNA exonerations.