Three Strikes and You’re Out The “Three Strikes and You’re Out” law is a law that was passed by California Voters in 1994. What this law basically means is that people who have been convicted of three or more serious felonies or violent crimes may end up being sentenced a longer amount of time in prison or even facing life in prison. Violent offenses include murder‚ robbery of a residence in which a deadly or dangerous weapon is used‚ rape and other sex offenses. Serious offenses include the same
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Three Strikes Law Jackie Andre Criminal Justice 140 Fact‚ 3 Strikes Law clogs the courts docket. Fact‚ the law destroys the flexibility of the courts and the judges. Fact‚ not all felonies are considered violent. Fact‚ the 3 Strikes Law impose life sentences on offenders whose crimes don ’t warrant such harsh punishment . The United States criminal court systems are notably overcrowded due to the pressing backlogs of the increasing crime rate of our country. On March 4th 1994‚the 3 Strike
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jury of their peers and a judge‚ they are most likely will be offered a plea deal. Now this plea deal if it is accepted by the offender will stand as their punishment for the crime committed without having to go through court and trial which in some cases helps to spare the victims from having to testify in front of the person that had wronged them. Rape victims are the ones that are the most beneficial from plea bargaining‚ they do not have to face the offender that brought them such harm. On another
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Is Plea Bargain Unconstitutional The goal of this research paper is to analyze plea bargain and discuss whether it complies with Constitution of United States. In order to accomplish this goal‚ conception of plea is explained in details‚ as well as its advantages and disadvantages for some of the participants and the system as a whole. Also Constitution is analyzed in terms of plea bargaining case in order to find out how it correlates with principal law. Besides cases of using plea bargaining and
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The Ins and Outs of Plea Bargaining Alisha Holt CJA224 June 8‚ 2013 Peter Helfer The Ins and Outs of Plea Bargaining Introduction The concept of plea bargaining became a common means to resolve criminal cases in the early 1900s because not everyone that was accused of a crime had a lawyer to represent them in a trial. As the criminal justice system evolved‚ and there were more and more cases to prosecute‚ plea-bargaining was used more often so that all parties would have a faster resolution
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PLEA BARGAINING Plea Bargaining is the central feature of modern criminal justice system. It is also known as Pre-trial settlement‚ plea discussions‚ plea negotiations‚ resolution discussion etc. In its most traditional and general sense‚ “plea bargaining” refers to pre-trial negotiations between the defendant‚ usually conducted by the counsel and the prosecution‚ during which the defendant agrees to plead guilty in exchange for certain concessions by the prosecutor. The concept of plea-bargaining
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Determine Appropriate Uses for Plea-bargaining A plea bargain (“offer”) is an acquiescent in a criminal case whereby the prosecution may offer the defendant the opportunity to plead guilty‚ conventionally to a lesser charge or to the pristine criminal charge with a proposal of a lighter than the maximum sentence. This opportunity sanctions defendants to avoid the risk of a conviction by trial on a more serious charge. This allows a court’s caseloads to be lighter without exhausting resources of
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Charleen Moore English 105‚ PCC Monday and Wednesday March 26‚ 2008 ARE THREE- STRIKES LAWS FAIR AND EFFECTIVE ? INTRODUCTION The American public is alarmed about crime‚ and with good reason. Our crime rate is unacceptably high‚ and many Americans feel like prisoners in their own homes‚ afraid to venture out for fear of becoming another statistic. Nation-wide attention was focused on so-called three-strike laws in 1994 when California voters approved an initiative mandating prison terms
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Introduction Plea bargaining is the process by which an agreement between the prosecutor and the defendant where the defendant pleads guilty to a lesser charge in the expectation of leniency. On February 7th‚ 1881 the first plea bargain was used in a trial by Albert McKenzie in the state of California (“Plea bargaining gains favor in American courts”). After the first use of a plea bargain in a 30 year span in Alameda County‚ “nearly 10 percent of defendants changed their “not guilty” pleas to “guilty
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Plea Bargaining Plea bargaining is an inherent part of the criminal justice system. “Let’s make a deal.” Plea bargains are agreements that are made between the defendant and prosecutor in a criminal court case. The agreement can only be completed if defendant and prosecutor come to a communally agreement. During the plea bargaining process‚ the defendant makes a knowing and voluntary waiver of his or her rights to a trail. Judges do not participate in the discussions and can decline or accept the
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