Download or read book The Last Plea Bargain written by Randy Singer and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-02-17 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2013 Christy Award finalist! Plea bargains may grease the rails of justice, but for Jamie Brock, prosecuting criminals is not about cutting deals. In her three years as assistant DA, she’s never plea-bargained a case and vows she never will. But when a powerful defense attorney is indicted for murder and devises a way to bring the entire justice system to a screeching halt, Jamie finds herself at a crossroads. One by one, prisoners begin rejecting deals. Prosecutors are overwhelmed, and felons start walking free on technicalities. To break the logjam and convict her nemesis, Jamie must violate every principle that has guided her young career. But she has little choice. To convict the devil, sometimes you have to cut a deal with one of his demons.
Download or read book Her Last Plea written by Adriene Jones and published by Dorrance Publishing Company. This book was released on 2003-12-01 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Punishment Without Trial written by Carissa Byrne Hessick and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a prominent criminal law professor, a provocative and timely exploration of how plea bargaining prevents true criminal justice reform and how we can fix it—now in paperback When Americans think of the criminal justice system, the image that comes to mind is a trial-a standard courtroom scene with a defendant, attorneys, a judge, and most important, a jury. It's a fair assumption. The right to a trial by jury is enshrined in both the body of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. It's supposed to be the foundation that undergirds our entire justice system. But in Punishment Without Trial: Why Plea Bargaining Is a Bad Deal, University of North Carolina law professor Carissa Byrne Hessick shows that the popular conception of a jury trial couldn't be further from reality. That bedrock constitutional right has all but disappeared thanks to the unstoppable march of plea bargaining, which began to take hold during Prohibition and has skyrocketed since 1971, when it was affirmed as constitutional by the Supreme Court. Nearly every aspect of our criminal justice system encourages defendants-whether they're innocent or guilty-to take a plea deal. Punishment Without Trial showcases how plea bargaining has undermined justice at every turn and across socioeconomic and racial divides. It forces the hand of lawyers, judges, and defendants, turning our legal system into a ruthlessly efficient mass incarceration machine that is dogging our jails and punishing citizens because it's the path of least resistance. Professor Hessick makes the case against plea bargaining as she illustrates how it has damaged our justice system while presenting an innovative set of reforms for how we can fix it. An impassioned, urgent argument about the future of criminal justice reform, Punishment Without Trial will change the way you view the criminal justice system.
Download or read book Model Rules of Professional Conduct written by American Bar Association. House of Delegates and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2007 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.
Download or read book The Plea written by Steve Cavanagh and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Rip-roaring legal thriller...Twisty, bloody, and convincing.” —Ian Rankin An innocent client. A wife in jeopardy. Who will take The Plea? When billionaire David Child is arrested for the murder of his girlfriend, Clara, the FBI believes they can get him to testify and take down a huge money laundering scheme. Con-artist-turned-lawyer Eddie Flynn is given the job: persuade David to plead guilty and give the agents the evidence they need. If Eddie can’t get David to take a plea bargain, the FBI has incriminating files on Eddie’s wife – and will send her to jail. But David swears he didn’t murder anyone. The evidence overwhelmingly shows that David killed Clara: the security video showed no one else entering their apartment, the murder weapon was in his car, and he was covered in gunshot residue he can’t explain. Yet as the FBI pressures Eddie to secure the guilty plea, Eddie becomes increasingly convinced that David is telling the truth. With adversaries threatening, Eddie has to find a way to prove David’s innocence and find out if there’s any way he might have been framed. But the stakes are high: Eddie’s wife is in danger. And not just from the FBI... The Plea is a locked room mystery from Steve Cavanagh, the author Nelson DeMille compares to John Grisham, Scott Turow, and Brad Meltzer. “The Plea is one of the most purely entertaining books you'll read this year. It's a blast.” —John Connolly, bestselling author of the Charlie Parker novels
Download or read book Anna Trapnel s Report and Plea Or a narrative of her journey from London into Cornwal etc written by Anna Trapnel and published by . This book was released on 1654 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Plea for Justice written by Liz Lazarus and published by . This book was released on 2018-05 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thriller that depicts the journey of a paralegal striving to reveal the truth about her estranged friend's incarceration, and leading her on a parallel path of self-discovery.
Download or read book The Bright Hour written by Nina Riggs and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Built on her ... Modern Love column, 'When a Couch is More Than a Couch' (9/23/2016), a ... memoir of living meaningfully with 'death in the room' by the 38-year-old great-great-great granddaughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson--mother to two young boys, wife of 16 years--after her terminal cancer diagnosis"--
Download or read book A System of Pleas written by Vanessa A. Edkins and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-06 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 95% of criminal convictions are by guilty plea. Trials are the rarity, and while much has been written on jury decision making and various parts of the trial process, the field has been largely silent on the practice that is most likely to affect an individual charged with a crime: plea bargaining. A System of Pleas: Social Science's Contributions to the Real Legal System brings together into one resource the burgeoning body of research on plea bargaining. Drawing attention to the fact that convictions today are nearly synonymous with guilty pleas, this contributed volume begins with an overview and history of plea bargaining, with chapters focusing on defendants, defense attorneys and prosecutors and plea bargains; influences on plea decision-making, including race, juvenile justice system involvement, and innocence; and the results of a "system of pleas", such as sentencing disparities and mass incarceration, collateral consequences, and disenfranchisement. A concluding chapter by the volume's editors examines ways to move forward within an entrenched system. An excellent reference tool for furthering both research and practice, A System of Pleas is a must-have for academics and legal professionals interested in the fields of criminal justice, psychology and law, and related disciplines.
Download or read book Coercion to Compromise written by Mary E. Vogel and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plea bargaining is one of the most striking features of American courts. The vast majority of criminal convictions today are produced through bargained pleas. Where does the practice come from? Whose interests does it serve? Often plea bargaining is imagined as a corruption of the court during the post-World War II years, paradoxically rewarding those who appear guilty rather than those claiming innocence. Yet, as Mary Vogel argues in this pathbreaking history, plea bargaining's roots are deeper and more distinctly American than is commonly supposed. During the Age of Jackson, amidst crime and violence wrought by social change, the courts stepped forward as agents of the state to promote the social order. Plea bargaining arose during the 1830s and 1840s as part of this process of political stabilization and an effort to legitimate institutions of self-rule--accomplishments that were vital to Whig efforts to restore order and reconsolidate their political power. To this end, the tradition of episodic leniency from British common law was recrafted into a new cultural form--plea bargaining--that drew conflicts into the courts while maintaining elite discretion over sentencing policy. In its reliance on the mechanism of leniency, the courts were attempting a sort of social "triage"--sorting those who could be reclaimed as industrious and productive citizens from marginals and transients. The "worthy" often paid fines and were returned to their community under the watchful eyes of their intercessors and that most powerful web of social control, that of everyday life. Created during a period of social mobility, plea bargaining presumed that those with much to lose through conviction would embrace individual reform. Today, when many defendants who come before the court have much less in the way of prospects to lose, leniency may be more likely to be regarded with cynicism, as an act of weakness by the state, and plea bargaining may grow more problematic.
Download or read book Victims and Plea Negotiations written by Arie Freiberg and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-02 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores victims’ views of plea negotiations and the level of input that they desire. It draws on the empirical findings of the first in-depth study of victims and plea negotiations conducted in Australia. Over the last 50 years, the criminal justice system has seen major changes in both the role that victims play in the justice process and in how the vast majority of criminal cases are finalised. Guilty pleas have become the norm, and many of these result from negotiations between the prosecutor and the defence. The extent to which the victim is one of the participating parties in plea negotiations however, is a question of law and of practice. Drawing from focus groups and surveys with victims of crime, Victims and Plea Negotiations seeks to privilege victims’ voices and lived experiences of plea negotiations, to present their perspectives on five options for enhanced participation in this legal process. This book appeals to academics and students in the areas of law, criminology, sociology, victimology and legal studies, those who practice in the criminal justice system generally, those who work with victims, and policy makers.
Download or read book The Last Plea Bargain written by Randy D. Singer and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2012 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plea bargains are not Jamie Brock's thing, but when a well-know attorney is indicted for murder, she must reevaluate her principles.
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Download or read book The Page s Plea written by Derrick L. McFadden and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE PLOT WAS PUT TOGETHER WHEN MY BROTHER FAIL TO KEEP THE BOND AGREEMENT. THE OPPORTUNITY WAS SIEZED TO CONVINCE HIM THAT IT WAS ME WHO WANTED TO SURRENDER HIS BOND. THIS WOULD MAKE HIM ANGRY AND HE AND HIS WIFE WOULD HELP GET ME OUT OF THE BONDING BUSINESS. FIRST THE BOUNTY HUNTER WOULD MAKE SURE I HAD MY WEAPON THE WIFE WOULD PUSH ME AT THE JAIL, I WAS SUPPOSE TO PULL MY WEAPON AND BE ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF A WEAPON BY A CONVICTED FELONY. IF THAT FAILED MY BROTHER WOULD THEN WRITE A LETTER TO THE INSURANCE DEPT. OF THE FELONY CHARGE AND THAT I WAS ALSO CARRYING A FIREARM. THE BOUNTY HUNTER HAD ALREADY RESEARCHED AND FOUND THE COURT DOCUMENT AND TO SUPPORT MY BROTHER'S ALLEGATION HE WOULD CONVENIENTLY DROP A COPY OFF TO THE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT A COPY OF A TWENTY EIGHT YEAR OLD FELONY CHARGE THE OWNER OF THE COMPANY I WORKED FOR KNEW ABOUT BEFORE HE HIRED ME AND GAVE ME A LICENSE. HE KNEW THE LAW CHANGED SIX MONTHS BEFORE HE GOT ME A LICENSE AND TOOK OUT TEN YEAR PRIOR AND PUT IN IF EVER HAD A FELONY. THIS WOULD BE INFORMATION HE WOULD HOLD ON TO JUST IN CASE HE NEEDED TO USE IT LATER AND HE DID. AND ALSO USED MY BROTHER AS A PASTY TO SET IT IN MOTION. HE WOULD THEN AVOID THE COURT HEARING AND TURN HIS BUSINESS OVER TO SOMEONE ELSE. IT DIDN'T BECOME MANDATORY FOR ME TO STUDY LAW TWO AND A HALF YEARS LATER WHEN I RAN ACROSS THE LAW CHANGE I BROUGHT IT TO HIS ATTENTION, HE IN RETURN HAD ME TO READ THE PARAGRAPH UNDERNEATH IN PARENTHESIS THAT STATED ; UNLESS PRESENTLY LICENSE AS A BAIL AGENT. HE THEN REMINDED ME THAT I HAD HELD A LICENSE FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS, THEREFORE THIS LAW DID NOT APPLY TO ME. THE CONSPIRACY WAS EVERYONE KNEW THAT THIS FELONY CHARGE WAS A PROBLEM BUT ME AND EVERYONE HAD A PART TO PLAY TO ENFORCE THE LAW AND MAKE SURE I NEVER BOND AGAIN. WHAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WAS THIS WAS MORE OF A PERSONAL ISSUE THAN LEGAL. THAT I HAD AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH MY BOSS FOR SOME YEARS UNTIL HE BECAME TO ILL TO TRAVEL WHEN HE BECAME ANGRY WITH ME HE USED THE INFORMATION HE LEAD ME TO BELIEVE DID NOT APPLY TO ME AGAINST ME. HE USED EVERYONE AROUND HIM SO IT WOULD NOT APPEAR THAT HE HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS. HE USED THE BOUNTY HUNTER TO OBTAIN A COPY OF THE COURT DOCUMENT BECAUSE HE KNEW ABOUT THE CHARGE. HE USED MY BROTHER TO WRITE THE LETTER BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT ME TO KNOW HOW DIRTY HE WAS. HE HIDE BEHIND THESE PEOPLE AND THE WOMEN AT HOME OFFICE COVERED FOR HIM I WANT HIM TO KNOW THAT I KNOW AND NOW THE WHOLE WORLD WILL KNOW WHAT YOU DID TO ME.
Download or read book Plea Bargaining s Triumph written by George Fisher and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though originally an interloper in a system of justice mediated by courtroom battles, plea bargaining now dominates American criminal justice. This book traces the evolution of plea bargaining from its beginnings in the early nineteenth century to its present pervasive role. Through the first three quarters of the nineteenth century, judges showed far less enthusiasm for plea bargaining than did prosecutors. After all, plea bargaining did not assure judges “victory”; judges did not suffer under the workload that prosecutors faced; and judges had principled objections to dickering for justice and to sharing sentencing authority with prosecutors. The revolution in tort law, however, brought on a flood of complex civil cases, which persuaded judges of the wisdom of efficient settlement of criminal cases. Having secured the patronage of both prosecutors and judges, plea bargaining quickly grew to be the dominant institution of American criminal procedure. Indeed, it is difficult to name a single innovation in criminal procedure during the last 150 years that has been incompatible with plea bargaining’s progress and survived.
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