The Timing of Guilty Pleas: Lessons from Common Law Jurisdictions

ISBN-13: 9781009158602 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 210 str.

Kevin (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) Cheng

Opis

A detailed study of the importance of the timing of guilty pleas and its effects across different legal jurisdictions.

Recenzje

'The Timing of Guilty Pleas represents an outstanding contribution to the international literature not only on guilty pleas, plea bargaining but on criminal justice process more generally. Clearly structured with a thought-provoking and critical edge, it offers invaluable knowledge and guidance to scholars, students, as well as policy officials and practitioners across the world.' Cyrus Tata, Ph.D., FRSA, Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of Strathclyde, Scotland

Spis treści

1. Introduction: the history of the problem of 'Cracked Trials'; 2. The sliding scale of sentence discounts; 3. Implicit (and explicit) plea bargaining; 4. Revisiting the assumptions and methodology; 5. Factors affecting the timing of guilty pleas; 6. Trial and late-plea penalties; 7. Consistency in applying sentence discounts; 8. Public opinion and sentence discounts; 9. Conclusion; Index.