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Our criminal justice system simply does not have the resources to hold a trial for every case, so the great majority of criminal cases are resolved through a negotiation process known as “plea ...

No matter whether they prefer a trial or swift resolution, relatives of victims of the attacks consider the on-again, off-again plea deal to be cruel. By Carol Rosenberg Reporting from Guantánamo Bay, ...

Daily Non-Capital Plea Bargain Hearings for the Kampala Metropolitan Area are underway at the Judicial Training Institute (JTI), as the Judiciary intensifies efforts to decongest prisons and speed up ...

Ohio Supreme Court candidate Judge Michael P. Donnelly is frustrated with a legal system that allows what he essentially calls “factually baseless plea agreements.” The judicial candidate was in ...

Behind the constitutional guarantee of trial by jury lies a shadowy reality of American criminal justice: the vast majority of federal criminal cases never reach a courtroom. Instead, they end in plea ...

Kentucky Public Advocate Damon Preston (left) and Fayette Commonwealth’s Attorney Kimberly Baird (right) discuss issues around plea deals in Kentucky. Ryan Hermens and Marcus Dorsey Photo of Damon ...

Although the concept of the plea bargain option has become popular in Nigeria in recent years, a report by Tope Adebayo LP, a leading law firm based in Lagos State, has stated that plea bargain is not ...

The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Justice Minister Lateef Fagbemi has explained why the Federal Government is encouraging the use of plea bargaining in resolving criminal cases. The AGF ...

Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro, two people charged in Georgia with racketeering and other crimes alongside former President Donald Trump, have accepted plea deals that let them avoid the jail time ...