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The Cost of Plea Bargains: Reflections and Recommendations from the ABA Plea Bargain Task Force - Lucian E Dervan

by Lucian E Dervan

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9781639054756
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The Cost of Plea Bargains: Reflections and Recommendations from the ABA Plea Bargain Task Force Lucian E Dervan ISBN 9781639054756

From its roots in New England townships to its rise as a dominant feature of the 20th-century criminal justice system, plea bargaining has long offered both efficiencies and challenges. But how can the system capture its benefits without compromising the fundamental rights of defendants?

The Cost of Plea Bargains presents the full report of the ABA Task Force, including the 14 Principles now adopted as official ABA policy. These principles address critical issues such as the use of coercive incentives, pretrial detention in plea negotiations, ensuring adequate discovery before a guilty plea, and the systematic collection of plea bargain data. Together, they provide a roadmap for a fairer, more transparent, and just plea bargaining system.

Beyond the task force report, the book features chapters by task force members from across the criminal justice landscape, offering deeper analysis, practical insights, and thoughtful proposals on the challenges and opportunities in reforming plea bargaining.

The Cost of Plea Bargains is an essential resource for anyone interested in the legal system—from casual readers seeking to understand plea bargaining to practitioners, judges, and policymakers committed to improving the fairness and integrity of the justice process. It delivers a wealth of knowledge, critical perspective, and practical guidance for navigating one of the most impactful yet debated aspects of criminal law.

The Cost of Plea Bargains: Reflections and Recommendations from the ABA Plea Bargain Task Force Lucian E Dervan ISBN 9781639054756, 978-1639054756 & 9781639054763

Authors

Lucian E Dervan
Russell Dean Covey
Thea B Johnson

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