All Articles tagged Plea Bargain

• Justice Commentaries
  May 28, 2019 EDT
  WHEN A PLEA IS NO BARGAIN AT ALL: COMPARING SENTENCING OUTCOMES FOR MASSACHUSETTS DEFENDANTS IN NON-SEXUAL AND SEXUAL CRIMES
  Annabelle Frazier

  This study addresses gaps in research relating to sexual and violent crime prosecution by following up on Abrams’s conclusion that plea-bargaining does not result in sentence reductions for defendants.

• 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
  A NEARLY PERFECT SYSTEM FOR CONVICTING THE INNOCENT
  Albert W. Alschuler

  This essay argues that plea bargaining plainly makes it advantageous for innocent defendants with good prospects of acquittal to plead guilty.